What do all these memory related BIOS settings actually mean and do!?
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From: John Doe on 23 Jul 2006 11:23 Your opinion is duly noted. Path: newssvr21.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm04.news.prodigy.com!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!newscon06.news.prodigy.com!prodigy.net!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!postnews.google.com!news4.google.com!newsfeed2.dallas1.level3.net!news.level3.com!columbine.singnet.com.sg!not-for-mail From: a?n?g?e?l lovergirl.lrigrevol.moc.com (The little lost angel) Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Subject: Re: What do all these memory related BIOS settings actually mean and do!? Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 15:10:13 GMT Organization: Yes please, I'm quite disorganized & lost at the moment Lines: 14 Message-ID: <44c39115.39572203 news.singnet.com.sg> References: <jab5c290to4g8e86e0qlthvlvfalu7m06u 4ax.com> <Xns9808BB39FAF9F0123456789 207.115.17.102> Reply-To: me NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.74.198.33 X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.21/32.243 Xref: prodigy.net alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64:11989 alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:471743 alt.comp.hardware:314949 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:460819 On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:24:16 GMT, John Doe <jdoe usenetlove.invalid> wrote: >Off-topic cross post that could have been kept in the immediately >prior cross post about the same subject. He wastes less bandwidth and is easier to read than you-who-top-post-including-all-headers-for-who-knows-why. :P -- A Lost Angel, fallen from heaven Lost in dreams, Lost in aspirations, Lost to the world, Lost to myself
From: max on 23 Jul 2006 14:07 On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:24:16 GMT, John Doe <jdoe(a)usenetlove.invalid> wrote: >Off-topic cross post that could have been kept in the immediately >prior cross post about the same subject. > Somebody must have left the troll-bait out overnight, and now look what's happened. Hey, what's your favorite kind of fan? max
From: kony on 23 Jul 2006 15:07 On Sun, 23 Jul 2006 11:43:09 +1000, "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote: >kony <spam(a)spam.com> wrote >> Steven O. <null(a)null.com> wrote > >>> As discussed in another post, I recently put together a new PC with >>> the ASUS A8N-E Motherboard. The MB has the NVIDIA nForce 4 Ultra >>> chip set, and a Phoenix-Award BIOS (Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, >>> 04/07/06, also listed as ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1013). >>> The processor is the AMD Athlon 64 3500+, External clock 200 MHz. >>> Memory: 1 Gig of Corsair Memory CMX512-3200C2PT >>> (2 x 500 Meg DDR 400 chips) > >>> Unfortunately, the manual that comes with the board does not >>> clearly explain several key BIOS parameters related to system >>> performance. I have searched the ASUS, AMD, NVIDIA, and >>> Phoenix-Award web sites in vain for detailed discussion. > >> Most boards nowadays (except OEM targeted models) >> have these features, but they are deliberately set to >> defaults which might be conservative, but nevertheless >> are your best bet for proper system operation > >That is mutually contradictory. If the settings are conservative, by definition >that is not necessarily the best bet for proper system operation. > Quite wrong, the best bet is always the most conservative one. The bet with the highest payoff, entails the higher risk. There's an old saying, "IF you have to ask..."
From: Rod Speed on 23 Jul 2006 16:05 kony <spam(a)spam.com> wrote > Rod Speed <rod.speed.aaa(a)gmail.com> wrote >> kony <spam(a)spam.com> wrote >>> Steven O. <null(a)null.com> wrote >>>> As discussed in another post, I recently put together a new PC with >>>> the ASUS A8N-E Motherboard. The MB has the NVIDIA nForce 4 Ultra >>>> chip set, and a Phoenix-Award BIOS (Phoenix - AwardBIOS v6.00PG, >>>> 04/07/06, also listed as ASUS A8N-E ACPI BIOS Revision 1013). >>>> The processor is the AMD Athlon 64 3500+, External clock 200 MHz. >>>> Memory: 1 Gig of Corsair Memory CMX512-3200C2PT >>>> (2 x 500 Meg DDR 400 chips) >>>> Unfortunately, the manual that comes with the board does not >>>> clearly explain several key BIOS parameters related to system >>>> performance. I have searched the ASUS, AMD, NVIDIA, and >>>> Phoenix-Award web sites in vain for detailed discussion. >>> Most boards nowadays (except OEM targeted models) >>> have these features, but they are deliberately set to >>> defaults which might be conservative, but nevertheless >>> are your best bet for proper system operation >> That is mutually contradictory. If the settings are conservative, by >> definition that is not necessarily the best bet for proper system operation. > Quite wrong, We'll see... > the best bet is always the most conservative one. Quite wrong. That wont give the best performance by definition. > The bet with the highest payoff, entails the higher risk. Quite wrong, ALL you need to do is ensure that you are still operating within the parameters that the hardware manufacture has guaranteed the device will operate with. > There's an old saying, "IF you have to ask..." Just more mindlessly superficial silly stuff.
From: John Doe on 23 Jul 2006 18:14
That's one of the problems with cross posting. Path: newssvr13.news.prodigy.com!newsdbm04.news.prodigy.com!newsdst01.news.prodigy.net!prodigy.com!postmaster.news.prodigy.com!newssvr27.news.prodigy.net.POSTED!3e996ee6!not-for-mail From: max <maxicon13 yahoo.com> Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64,alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt,alt.comp.hardware,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips Subject: Re: What do all these memory related BIOS settings actually mean and do!? Organization: edge city Reply-To: maxicon13 yahoo.com Message-ID: <8me7c2dapvktm7d2a7knplsfb8te4ub2e0 4ax.com> References: <jab5c290to4g8e86e0qlthvlvfalu7m06u 4ax.com> <Xns9808BB39FAF9F0123456789 207.115.17.102> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.93/32.576 English (American) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 14 NNTP-Posting-Host: 71.131.24.67 X-Complaints-To: abuse prodigy.net X-Trace: newssvr27.news.prodigy.net 1153678077 ST000 71.131.24.67 (Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:07:57 EDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 14:07:57 EDT X-UserInfo1: SCSYASRDTBPARWTX BCBNWX RJ_XPDLMN GZ_GYO^ZUDUWYAKVUOPCW[ML\JXUCKVFDYZKBMSFX^OMSAFNTINTDDMVW[X\THOPXZRVOCJTUTPC\_JSBVX\KAOTBAJBVMZTYAKMNLDI_MFDSSOLXINH__FS^\WQGHGI^C E[A_CF\AQLDQ\BTMPLDFNVUQ_VM Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 18:07:57 GMT Xref: prodigy.net alt.comp.hardware.amd.x86-64:11993 alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt:471756 alt.comp.hardware:314956 comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.chips:460821 On Sat, 22 Jul 2006 23:24:16 GMT, John Doe <jdoe usenetlove.invalid> wrote: >Off-topic cross post that could have been kept in the immediately >prior cross post about the same subject. > Somebody must have left the troll-bait out overnight, and now look what's happened. Hey, what's your favorite kind of fan? max |