Originally posted by: vailr
Originally posted by: ricochet
Originally posted by: vailr
Actually, the best procedure would be: reset CMOS (with power cord unplugged), THEN flash the bios. In other words: don't flash the bios when overclocked, voltages other than default, etc.
That sounds well and dandy, but some of us with 19xx, 79xx, or 8800 series video card the massive heatsink is directly over the CMOS reset jumper. Add to that the complexity of the P180 case which has the PSU wiring come up from the bottom and you got yourself a mess to deal with.
Setting "Optimized Defaults" and rebooting does pretty much the same effect as: the CMOS clearing on the motherboard pins, using a jumper.
That is what I like to hear because that is what I did last time. I just didn't want to do any unnecessary painful steps if it's not required.