Foreword by Lewis Keller, Mushkin.
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.
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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.
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