KT7A BIOS Tweak Guide
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Today we're bringing you folks the KT7A Bios Tweak Guide. Something that will hopefully help all of you get every last bit of performance out of your system running the Abit KT7A and KT7 Motherboard. Although anyone using the KT133 or KT133A based mobo's should be able to benefit from the settings I will be highlighting in today's article.
ABIT KT7A Bios Tweak Guide
Introduction
Today we're bringing you folks the KT7A Bios Tweak Guide. Something that will hopefully help all of you get every last bit of performance out of your system running the Abit KT7A and KT7 Motherboard. Although anyone using the KT133 or KT133A based mobo's should be able to benefit from the settings I will be highlighting in today's article.
Lets go ahead and jump right in without wasting too much time explaining. First off, system specs:
CPU: AMD 1.2Ghz T-Bird @1333Mhz
Memory: Tonicom PC166
Motherboard: Abit KT7A RAID
Video Card: Visiontek Geforce2 GTS 64meg
Hard Drive: Maxtor 40G 7,200rpm
Sound Card: Guillemot Maxi Sound Muse
Cd-Rom: Aopen 16x40x 1640Pro
Various other items that shouldn't make a difference performance wise.
Benchmarking Utilities used in this Article:
SoftMenu III: Lets touch just a bit on this before we continue. Firstly, if you have an Abit mobo, and you've been in the bios, you know you'll need to tap the "Delete" key a few times on boot-up in order to access the BIOS screen. Here's a shot of what you'll come to when that happens:
If your familiar with Abit's SoftMenu III, you'll be right at home. If your not, well, I suggest going through the different menu's and get acquainted. Don't worry, it will become second nature to you in no time. Especially if you want to get your system up and running at optimal performance.
Before getting into any tweaks or settings, the very first thing you should do is initiate the "Load Optimized Defaults". This function loads factory value settings for optimal performance system operation. And c'mon. Anything that says "Optimized" has got to be a good thing! Just tab over to the Load Optimized Defaults option as seen below and hit enter, you will be prompted for a y or n. Hit y for yes, then enter and viola! Your bios has been optimized. Bear in mind, you will still have to go through and adjust settings based on your specific needs, but as a general rule of thumb, this should be one of the first things you do in the BIOS when firing up a new system.
Lets head on over to page 2 and enter the "SoftMenu III Setup"
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