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Preferred BIOS Settings

The BIOS checklist below assumes that you have installed the latest BIOS from your motherboard maker. If you have not, or are unsure of how to check or how to update your BIOS, please contact your motherboard manufacturer for assistance.

At boot-up, go into your motherboard BIOS, this is typically done by pressing the DEL key or the F1 key at startup - but some motherboard will vary, so if these don't work, contact your motherboard or computer vendor for assistance.

Take some time to look around and familiarize yourself with how the BIOS is laid out and what the different controls are. When you are ready, set as many of the BIOS settings that you can find to match the list provided below.

If you make any changes to your motherboard BIOS, please note them down as you make them so that you will be able to change them back if they create more problems.

Also, please be aware that there is no industry standardization for BIOS. Each one is written specifically for one model of motherboard. Because of this, you need to check with your motherboard manual.

For example: AGP Turbo Read Mode: Enabled (found in one motherboard BIOS) is actually the same thing as AGP Read WS: 1 (found in another motherboard BIOS). If you have questions about what different settings do, contact your motherboard maker, your BIOS provider, motherboard for further BIOS settings and information.