Resetting The BIOS - Page 2

screwballl · January 26th, 2008

this will pretty much be a non-issue (hopefully) once the EFI setup takes a much deeper hold, all OC and system clocks could be adjusted in the OS itself or the pre-OS boot screens

**Capper** · January 26th, 2008

Sadly, one of the aspects of EFI was to do away with the ability to overclock.. We'll have to wait and see, its probably a while away from widespread adoption (It was supposed to happen 2 yrs ago).

With board makers trying to go away from socketed BIOS chips, and the death of floppies, alternate means of flashing the BIOS are becoming more common, as are applications that make recovering from a bad flash and resetting the BIOS automatically.

With the development of Hyperspace, cME, and Splashtop, there may be no need eventually for any kind of BIOS, and any tweaking you are allowed to do will have to be done from within the OS.

Elysium · January 26th, 2008

A switch like that would be very handy for overclocking. This DFI board doesn't reset the BIOS automatically after a failed OC, so a switch like that would make it very easy to reset the BIOS. I may have to look into this for my build.

**stinger608** · January 26th, 2008

Something that probably needs mentioned in this thread, is the fact that the system needs to be OFF before clearing the BIOS!!!

If a person happened to hit the switch when the computer was on or in Windows this would screw the Bios chip!!!!

Elysium · January 26th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by stinger608

Something that probably needs mentioned in this thread, is the fact that the system needs to be OFF before clearing the BIOS!!!

If a person happened to hit the switch when the computer was on or in Windows this would screw the Bios chip!!!!

That's true, and that's why you need something like this: spdprtToggle

**stinger608** · January 26th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by yellowhello

That's true, and that's why you need something like this: spdprtToggle

Isn't that the truth!!!!!

screwballl · January 26th, 2008

why not just bypass all the extras and go with something like CoreBoot... I am going to be testing this as soon as any of my systems are supported.

**stinger608** · January 26th, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by screwballl

why not just bypass all the extras and go with something like CoreBoot... I am going to be testing this as soon as any of my systems are supported.

Geez, you guys and your Linux

Hey bye the way, did you get that hard drive???

January 26th, 2008	#11
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Resetting The BIOS this will pretty much be a non-issue (hopefully) once the EFI setup takes a much deeper hold, all OC and system clocks could be adjusted in the OS itself or the pre-OS boot screens Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members.

January 26th, 2008	#12
Capper We take both criticism and positive comments very positively Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Las Vegas, NV Posts: 6,071 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Resetting The BIOS Sadly, one of the aspects of EFI was to do away with the ability to overclock.. We'll have to wait and see, its probably a while away from widespread adoption (It was supposed to happen 2 yrs ago). With board makers trying to go away from socketed BIOS chips, and the death of floppies, alternate means of flashing the BIOS are becoming more common, as are applications that make recovering from a bad flash and resetting the BIOS automatically. With the development of Hyperspace, cME, and Splashtop, there may be no need eventually for any kind of BIOS, and any tweaking you are allowed to do will have to be done from within the OS. INTEL QX9650 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 8GB PC2-8500 // BFG GTX260 MaxCore // DD Torture Rack // Seagate 750GB HDD // OCZ Vendetta // PC Power & Cooling 620W PSU

January 26th, 2008	#13
Elysium Fields Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA Posts: 4,402	Re: Resetting The BIOS A switch like that would be very handy for overclocking. This DFI board doesn't reset the BIOS automatically after a failed OC, so a switch like that would make it very easy to reset the BIOS. I may have to look into this for my build. E8400 DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL 4GB G.Skill 800MHz Sapphire Radeon HD3870 512MB Silverstone DA650W WD 250GB + Seagate 320GB

January 26th, 2008	#14
stinger608 Silence..Or I kill you! Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: In the Zone! Posts: 2,834 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Resetting The BIOS Something that probably needs mentioned in this thread, is the fact that the system needs to be OFF before clearing the BIOS!!! If a person happened to hit the switch when the computer was on or in Windows this would screw the Bios chip!!!!

January 26th, 2008	#17
screwballl Colonel Calamity Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Sandy South Posts: 6,278 Blog Entries: 6	Re: Resetting The BIOS why not just bypass all the extras and go with something like CoreBoot... I am going to be testing this as soon as any of my systems are supported. Thanks HL and Corsair! My opinions are my own and not representative of this site or its members. Last edited by screwballl; January 26th, 2008 at 15:58.

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