Breaking through the BIOS barrier : the definitive BIOS optimization guide for PCs / Adrian Wong.
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TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, 2005.Description: xviii, 351 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780131455368 (pbk.)
- 0131455362 (pbk.)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
From a scholar in the field of computer hardware, this title applies a scientific rigorousness.
Includes index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Foreword
- Introduction
- 1 What Is The Bios
- How Does The BIOS Work?
- The Motherboard BIOS
- The BIOS Chip
- What Does It Do?
- Why Optimize the BIOS?
- How Do I Optimize the BIOS?
- BIOS Updates
- How Do I Update the BIOS?
- Determining the BIOS Version
- Obtaining the BIOS Update
- Preparing a BIOS Flash Disk
- Flashing the Motherboard BIOS
- Accessing the BIOS Setup Utility
- The BIOS Setup Utility
- Optimizing the BIOS
- 2 Special Topics
- BIOS Emergencies
- Unbootable System
- Power Off-Power On
- Keyboard Reset
- CMOS Discharge Jumper
- CMOS Battery Removal
- Corrupted BIOS
- Hot Flashing
- What Do I Need To Hot Flash a BIOS Chip?
- Step 1 Create a DOS Boot Disk
- Step 2 Prepare a Hot-Flash Capable Computer
- Step 3 Booting Up with the Boot Disk
- Step 4 Swap the BIOS Chips
- Step 5 Flash the Corrupted BIOS Chip
- Step 6 Swap the BIOS Chips Again
- What If You Don't Have a Similar Motherboard?
- Flashing With a Different Motherboard
- The Universal BIOS Flash Utility
- Summary
- 3 Quick Reviews
- Introduction
- #.8-bit I/O Recovery Time
- 16-bit I/O Recovery Time
- 32-bit Disk Access
- 32-bit Transfer Mode
- A
- Act Bank A to B CMD Delay
- AGP 2X Mode
- AGP 4X Drive Strength
- AGP 4X Mode
- AGP 8X Mode
- AGP Always Compensate
- AGP Aperture Size
- AGP Capability.AGP Clock / CPU FSB Clock
- AGP Drive Strength
- AGP Drive Strength N Ctrl
- AGP Drive Strength P Ctrl
- AGP Driving Control
- AGP Driving Value
- AGP Fast Write
- AGP ISA Aliasing
- AGP Master 1WS Read
- AGP Master 1WS Write
- AGP Prefetch
- AGP Secondary Lat Timer
- AGP Spread Spectrum
- AGP to DRAM Prefetch
- AGPCLK / CPUCLK
- Anti-Virus Protection
- APIC function
- Assign IRQ For USB
- Assign IRQ For VGA
- AT Bus Clock
- ATA100RAID IDE Controller
- Athlon 4 SSED Instruction
- Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
- Auto Turn Off PCI Clock Pin
- B
- Boot Other Device
- Boot Sequence
- Boot Sequence EXT Means
- Boot To OS/2
- Boot Up Floppy Seek
- Boot Up NumLock Status
- Byte Merge
- C
- Clock Throttle
- Compatible FPU OPCODE
- CPU/DRAM CLK Synch CTL
- CPU Drive Strength
- CPU Fast String
- CPU Hyper-Threading
- CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking
- CPU Latency Timer
- CPU Level 1 Cache
- CPU Level 2 Cache
- CPU Level 3 Cache
- CPU Thermal-Throttling
- CPU to PCI Post Write
- CPU to PCI Write Buffer
- CPU VCore Voltage
- D
- DBI Output for AGP Trans
- Delay DRAM Read Latch
- Delay IDE Initial
- Delay Prior To Thermal
- Delayed Transaction
- Differential Current
- Disable Unused PCI Clock
- DOS Flat Mode
- DRAM Act to PreChrg CMD
- DRAM Burst Length 8QW
- DRAM Data Integrity Mode
- DRAM Idle Timer
- DRAM Interleave Time
- DRAM Page-Mode
- DRAM PreChrg to Act CMD
- DRAM Ratio (CPU:DRAM)
- DRAM Ratio H/W Strap
- DRAM Read Latch Delay
- DRAM Refresh Rate
- Duplex Select
- E
- ECP Mode Use DMA
- EPP Mode Select
- F
- Fast R-W Turn Around
- Fast Write to Read Turnaround
- First Boot Device
- Flash BIOS Protection
- Floppy 3 Mode Support
- Floppy Disk Access Control
- Force 4-Way Interleave
- Force Update ESCD
- FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode
- Frame Buffer Size
- FSB Spread Spectrum
- Full Screen Logo
Author notes provided by Syndetics
About the Author
Adrian Wong has been part of the online hardware community since 1996 when he first set up Adrian's Rojak Pot. Since then, the author has written many authoritative articles and guides on computers.
Here's a short list of some of his previous works:
The Motherboard BIOS Flashing Guide
The Video BIOS Flashing Guide
The Hot Flashing Guide
Hard Disk Myths Debunked!
The Definitive Swapfile Optimization Guide
The Definitive Battery Extender Guide
The Compression Comparison Guide
The Definitive Maxtor Silent Store Guide
The Windows 2000 Hints & Tips Guide
The Definitive Disk Cache Optimization Guide
The Definitive Chunksize Optimization Guide
The Definitive IDE Block Mode Guide
The Definitive Video RAM Caching Guide
Adrian's articles and guides are considered reference material by the computer hardware community. In fact, the author regularly receives accolades from both peers and members of the industry.
Adrian currently divides his time between medical school and Adrian's Rojak Pot in Melaka, Malaysia.
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