Originally posted by: Natesroom
yeah i thought i did all those options... now when it asks me to enter bios or load defaults i can get into windows if i let it load defaults but the time is wrong...
SO i should flash the bios again? making sure again that those items are checked? that wont cause a problem will it?
then i immediately enter BIOS set time and date and load defaults then boot into windows correct?
Yes, you should flash 1.93a bios again. But this time with the correct options selected.
And yes, you can try with Bios "defaults" to see whether they are good enough for your particular setup?
If still having overclocking or stability issues, then like lots of other people (including me), you could try manually setting some of the bios values to be a bit more compat with your installed hardware.
Typical bios settings could be,
CPU config:
Overclock Mode - CPU,PCI-E, Sync.
CPU Freq. - Start at 266
Spread Spectrum - Enabled
Boot Failure - Enabled
Max CPUID Val. - Disabled
CPU Thermal Thr. - Enabled
No-Execute Memory. - Disabled
Intel Speedstep - Auto
Chipset settings:
Dram Freq. - 266
Flexib.- Disabled
Cas Latency - 4
Interleave - 4-Way
Trp - 4
Tras - 12
Trcd - 4
Bus Select.- Dual
Command Rate - 2T
DRAM Voltage - High
AGP Voltage - High
Primary Gra. Adapt. - PCI ---> chipset will autoselect to whatever type VGA card is fitted.
AGP Fast Write - Enabled
AGP Aperture Size - 128Mb
V-Link - fast
V-Link Auto Dis. - Enabled
PCI delay Transaction - Enabled
IDE Drive Strength - High ---> or Ultra High
PCI-E Downstream Pipeline - Auto
Onboard Sound - Auto
Everything else at original defaults except for whatever is wanted for EIDE, SATA, Floppy, USB, etc ?
And as previously stated, stable overclocks of around 300, or more, will likely require increased Vagp and Vcore levels ---> to somewhere around 1.8-2v for Vagp, and 1.4-1.45V for Vcore?
Just for interest, my experience is that, even with increased Vagp and Vcore, overclocking will typically max-out at around 290-300 if using a PCI-E VGA card, and 310-330 if using a AGP VGA card !
Also, when/if you manage to find your acceptable stable overclock level, it would then be a good idea to try reducing your 4-4-12-4-2T memory latencies settings to much better performing 3-3-9-3-1T levels ?
Of course, the memory latencies discussed above assume that you are using something like DDR2 PC2-6400 memory ----> meaning different values would likely apply for other memory types?