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Asus A7M Bios Guide Needed?

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Yodums

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Wondering if people with these board tell me their settings and if the best?

Because I haven't done anything int he bios but set my CPU Frequency and RAM timings and disable a bunch of stuff I dont need like USB or Serial Ports etc.


Yodums
 
THE COMPLETE A7M266 BIOS 1004 BIBLE

MAIN
LEGACY DISKETTE A [1.44M,3.5IN]
>KEYBOARD FEATURES
BOOTUP NUMLOCK STATUS [ON]
KEYBOARD AUTO-REPEAT RATE [12/SEC]
KEYBOARD AUTO-REPEAT DELAY [1/4SEC]

HALT ON [ALL ERRORS]

ADVANCED
OPERATING FREQUENCY SETTING [133MHZ]
CPU CLOCK MULTIPLIER [10.5X]
SET SYSTEM OPERATING FREQUENCY [DEFAULT]
SYSTEM FREQUENCY [133MHZ]
SYSTEM PERFORMANCE [TURBO MODE]
SPREAD SPECTRUM CONTROL [DISABLE]
CPU LEVEL 1 CACHE [ENABLED]
CPU LEVEL 2 CACHE [ENABLED]
BIOS UPDATE [DISABLED]
PS/2 MOUSE FUNCTION CONTROL [AUTO]
USB LEGACY SUPPORT [DISABLE]
OS/2 ONBOARD MEMORY >64M [DISABLED]

CHIP CONFIGURATION
ONBOARD PCI IDE ENABLE: [BOTH]
SUPER BYPASS FUNCTION: [ENABLED]
SUPER BYPASS WAIT STATE: [ENABLED]
AGP 4X SUPPORTED: [ENABLED]
AGP FAST WRITES: [ENABLED]
AGP COMPENSATION: [BYPASS]
AGP SIGNAL DRIVING: [AUTO]
WRITE RECOVERY TIME: [1T]
SOFTWARE DDR PDL DELAY: [AUTO]
DDR SLEW RATE: [AUTO]
DDR COMMAND DRIVING: [AUTO]
DDR DQS DRIVING: [AUTO]
DDR MAA DRIVING & MAB DRIVING: [AUTO]
SDRAM CONFIGURATION: [USER DEFINE]
SDRAM CAS LATENCY: [2T]
SDRAM RAS PRECHARGE TIME: [2T]
SDRAM RAS TO CAS DELAY: [2T]

DELAYED TRANSACTION: [DISABLED]
PCI TO DRAM PREFETCH: [ENABLED]
AGP TO DRAM PREFETCH: [ENABLED]
I/O RECOVERY TIME: [DISABLED]
GRAPHICS APERTURE SIZE: [256MB]
VIDEO MEMORY CACHE MODE: [USWC]

I/O DEVICE CONFIGURATION
ONBOARD FDC SWAP A&B: [NO SWAP]
ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 1: [3F8H/IRQ4]
ONBOARD SERIAL PORT 2: [2F8H/IRQ3]
UART 2 USE INFRARED: [DIABLED]
ONBOARD PARALLEL PORT: [378H/IRQ7]
PARALLEL PORT MODE: [ECP+EPP]
ECP DMA SELECT: [3]

ONBOARD PERIPHERAL RESOURCE CONTROL
ONBOARD AC97 MODEM CONTROLLER [DISABLE]
ONBOARD AC97 AUDIO CONTROLLER [DISABLE]
PCI CONFIGURATION
SLOT 1 IRQ [AUTO]
SLOT 2 IRQ [AUTO]
SLOT 3 IRQ [AUTO]
SLOT 4/5 IRQ [AUTO]
PCI/VGA PALLETE SNOOP [DISABLED]
PCI LATENCY TIMER [128]
SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS [DISABLED]
USB FUNCTION [DISABLED]
PRIMARY VGA BIOS [AGP CARD]

PCI/PNP IRQ RESOURCE EXCLUSION
IRQ 3 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 4 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 5 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 7 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 9 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 10 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 11 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 12 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 14 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
IRQ 15 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]

PCI/PNP DMA RESOURCE EXCLUSION
DMA 1 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
DMA 3 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]
DMA 5 RESERVED FOR LEGACY DEVICE [NO/ICU]

PCI/PNP UMB RESOURCE EXCLUSION
RESERVED MEM BLOCK BASE [NO/ICU]

SHADOW CONFIGURATION
VIDEO ROM BIOS SHADOW [DISABLED]
C8000-CBFFF SHADOW [DISABLED]
CC000-CFFFF SHADOW [DISABLED]
D0000-D3FFF SHADOW [DISABLED]
D4000-D7FFF SHADOW [DISABLED]
D8000-DBFFF SHADOW [DISABLED]
DC000-DFFFF SHADOW [DISABLED]

POWER
POWER MANAGEMENT: [MIN SAVING]
VIDEO OFF OPTION: [SUSPEND -> OFF]
VIDEO OFF METHOD: [DPMS OFF]
HDD POWER DOWN: [DISABLED]
PWR BUTTON < 4 SECS: [SOFT OFF]

POWER UP CONTROL
AC POWER LOSS RESTART: [DISABLED]
PWR UP ON EXTERNAL MODEM ACT: [DISABLED]
WAKE ON LAN OR PCI MODEM: [DISABLED]
AUTOMATIC POWER UP: [DISABLED]

HARDWARE MONITIOR
ALL ON IGNORE (PERSONAL CHOICE)

BOOT
PLUG & PLAY O/S [YES]
RESET CONFIGURATION DATA [NO]
BOOT VIRUS DETECTION [ENABLED]
QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST [ENABLED]
BOOT UP FLOPPY SEEK [DISABLED]
 
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Errr, where did you get that from? I've optimized with Tom's Hardware and did my own thing in the, Chip Configuration Area.

Yodums
 
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