ABiT BE6-II BIOS settings for optimal performance?

[Mr.Shadow2k]

What should I use for bios setting on my system for optimal performance & stability?

My System:
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ABiT BE6-II
PII 266@300
96Mb Ram
ATi RAGE IIc (Will change it to a G400/G450 soon!!!)
Voodoo2 12Mb (Will destroy it soon!!!)
20Gb HD
SoundBlaster Live!
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Can you guys help me?

[Guru]

CPU SOFT MENU
TURBO FREQUENCY: ENABLED

BIOS FEATURES SETUP
CPU LEVEL 1&2 CACHE: ENABLED
CPU L2 CACHE ECC: DISABLED
QUICK POWER ON SELF TEST: ENABLED
IDE HDD BLOCK MODE: ENABLED
VIDEO BIOS SHADOW: ENABLED

CHIPSET FEATURES SETUP MENU
SDRAM CAS LATENCY TIME: 2
SDRAM PRECHARGE CONTROL: DISABLED
DRAM DATA INTEGRITY MODE: NON-ECC
SYSTEM&VIDEO BIOS CACHEABLE: ENABLED
VIDEO RAM CACHEABLE: ENABLED
8&16BIT I/O RECOVERY TIME: 1
AGP APERTURE SIZE: 64MB

PNP/PCI CONFIGURATION
ASSIGN IRQ FOR VGA: ENABLED

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
PIOMODES: AUTO
UDMA MODES: AUTO
INIT DISPLAY FIRST: AGP



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PIII450@558, ABIT BX6-2, 256RAM, G400MAX, SBLIVE, HOTROD-UDMA66

[paulcs]

If you have problems using Guru's settings, you might want to consider the following:

If you're using CAS3 memory, set your BIOS accordingly.

Set your AGP aperture to 128 or 256 Mb. The G400 upsets conventional wisdom with this setting. Some people have no problems with the 64 Mb setting. Matrox recommends 256 Mb.

Disable all video shadowing. It is my understanding that the G400 doesn't need it, and it frequently doesn't like it.

Paul
paulcs@flashcom.net

[impact]

Yeah, why'd you want the video shadowing enabled? Maybe if you are still using DOS. But for W95 and higher, you don't want to have this thing turned on.

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