BIOS Settings, Please help!

Hi Guys,

I have a few BIOS settings that I am unsure whether they are set correctly, becuase I don't know much about them, when I google them, it gets too technical that I am worst of deciding whether to change them or not, here are my system specifications, and the bios settings I am confused about. Will changes to any of the following BIOS settings increase system performance without risking stability. I have not and never will overclock my system either, for refrence.

SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS:
Intel Pentium 4 524 (Dual Core, 3066Mhz, 533FSB)
Acer Mainboard Sis 661GX Chipset
Onboard AC97 Sound
SiS 900 Onboard Ethernet 10/100
512MB Generic PC-3200 Memory @ 533
nVidia GeForce 6600GT 128MB AGP
160GB Seagate SATA Hard Drive
DVDRW 16x16x
MMC Card Reader 5-1


------BIOS SETTINGS I AM UNSURE ABOUT!------

ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES
Silent Boot (Disabled)
Configuration Table (Enabled)
CPU Feature - Thermal Management:
- A) Thermal Monitor 1 - On Die Throttling (Enabled)
- B) Thermal Monitor 2 - Ration & Vid Transition
- CPU Enhanced Hat (C1E) (Enabled)
- No Execute Memory Protect (Disabled)
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Boot Other Devices (Enabled)
Gate A20 Option (Fast)
ATA 66/100 IDE Cable Msg. (Enabled)
Typematic Rate Setting (Disabled)
HDD S.M.A.R.T Capability (Enabled)
Video BIOS Shadow (Disabled)

ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURE
DRAM Clock/Timing Control (By SPD)
AGP & P2P Bridge Control
- AGP Apeture Size (64MB)
- Graphic Windows WR Combine (Enabled)
- AGP Fast WR Support (Enabled)
- AGP Data Rate (8x)
System BIOS Cachable (Disabled)
Video RAM Cachable (Disabled)

INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS
IDE HDD Block Mode (Enabled)

PnP/PCI CONFIGURATION
Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESC)]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop (Disabled)

FREQUENCY CONTROL
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk (Enabled)
Spread Spectrum (Enabled)

Thanks Guys,

Dave

 

Your AGP aperture should be set at 128mb, as you have a 128mb card

Also, this needs to go in the hardware forum as it's computer related -

 

Here's great BIOS guide
http://www.rojakpot.com/freebog.aspx

BIOS settings, some you may have to experiment to know whats best for your system.

Enabling SMART will have a slight performance Hit, I always disable.

Memory DRAM Clock/Timming Control by SPD many times the SPD settings are Conservative, some performance gains possible with manual settings

Most of your settings look fine, most are in the guide.
When in doubt, the default settings are usually safe, or Experiment

 

hehe, you have a point, which is why I am asking here, so I don't change something and ruin something, I know technically nothing about!

hehe, I couldn't help smiling when I read that, very true indeed!

 

if u do in fact (im sure u wont tho ) manage to f up ur BIOS, you can reset it to restore stock settings.