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07-23-2010, 12:01 AM
This one's in my Gateway GT5432 - also used in other models, as well as Acer Aspire E380 (so I'm told), and an eMachine or two.
I used the "HP Nettle2/3 COMPAQ IRIS8 and Acer Aspire E380 Unlocked RETAIL Bios" as on this page
Being a BIOS-mod newbie, I almost panicked when it would not boot, then remembered I had to reset the CMOS... duh!
OK, it works. Not so terribly exciting though... but worth it!!
It added a few features: "AMD Cool and Quiet (works!... but may have seen some instability when using it after OC-ing), Adjustment of CPU FSB (had this before, but now it actually saves/uses it), and even setting the voltage (RAM voltage from 1.8V to 1.9V - used it!) and memory timings (same as original)."
It also allows disabling of the on-board GPU when another one is plugged-in... nice little feature!
Still lacks any kind of REAL control over RAM timing though... just very basics as OEM BIOS 3-speeds to choose from, or automatic.
(Note: Some "OEM" settings/options were accessed with a CTRL-F1... this does nothing now as all options are always exposed)
Still lacks CPU multiplier... BUMMER!!
Bought that 5000+ Black Edition, and not able to fully utilize it. Was able to squeeze out about 3GHz though, with Clock of 230MHz, FSB mult. of 4 ("K8<->NB"), my 800MHz memory would only run reliably in the 667MHz setting. Shame, having CL2 memory running at CL5.... or worse.
Might still try to move back to FSB mult. of 5 - giving me a FSB of 1150MHz... any thoughts? (remember, I'm new at this modded BIOS thing... so any help is good help!)
Original 1.12 and Gateway's latest 1.14 attached... in case anyone wants to take a look
I used the "HP Nettle2/3 COMPAQ IRIS8 and Acer Aspire E380 Unlocked RETAIL Bios" as on this page
Being a BIOS-mod newbie, I almost panicked when it would not boot, then remembered I had to reset the CMOS... duh!
OK, it works. Not so terribly exciting though... but worth it!!
It added a few features: "AMD Cool and Quiet (works!... but may have seen some instability when using it after OC-ing), Adjustment of CPU FSB (had this before, but now it actually saves/uses it), and even setting the voltage (RAM voltage from 1.8V to 1.9V - used it!) and memory timings (same as original)."
It also allows disabling of the on-board GPU when another one is plugged-in... nice little feature!
Still lacks any kind of REAL control over RAM timing though... just very basics as OEM BIOS 3-speeds to choose from, or automatic.
(Note: Some "OEM" settings/options were accessed with a CTRL-F1... this does nothing now as all options are always exposed)
Still lacks CPU multiplier... BUMMER!!
Bought that 5000+ Black Edition, and not able to fully utilize it. Was able to squeeze out about 3GHz though, with Clock of 230MHz, FSB mult. of 4 ("K8<->NB"), my 800MHz memory would only run reliably in the 667MHz setting. Shame, having CL2 memory running at CL5.... or worse.
Might still try to move back to FSB mult. of 5 - giving me a FSB of 1150MHz... any thoughts? (remember, I'm new at this modded BIOS thing... so any help is good help!)
Original 1.12 and Gateway's latest 1.14 attached... in case anyone wants to take a look
... (I am...) as well as a techno-geek from long before we were 'kewl'... been working with PC's since 1980, when I was an engineer for a company developing EXTERNAL hard drive systems for the ORIGINAL IBM "Personal Computer"... because they saw NO NEED for a "Personal Computer" to have a hard drive! (Naw... the 160KB floppy was just fine... NOT!)
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