need help shadowing bios

Powercolour · Feb 18, 2005, 10:32 PM

can any1 tell me how 2 shadow my bios, according to asus pc-probe it can be shadowed, so how do i shadow it?

Mort_Cinder · Feb 18, 2005, 10:42 PM

i dont know a lot, but dont you mean "flash" instead of "shadow"? sorry if i'm wrong, but i never heard of shadowing before.

Powercolour · Feb 18, 2005, 10:47 PM

shadowing is the technique of loading the bios information into the ram for faster access and can yield some performance increase...

Mort_Cinder · Feb 18, 2005, 10:56 PM

ah, i see. sorry for my n00bness.

i looked on the internet and found that you should be able to do it through the bios settings, opening bios at startup. hope this helps.

Zelig · Feb 18, 2005, 11:44 PM

There should be an option in your bios for it. However, it's usually on by default, and actually, with new computers, most things I've read say it's better to leave it off. I haven't experimented much with it, but from what I've seen, any performance difference is pretty insignificant.

Powercolour · Feb 19, 2005, 12:54 AM

well if it supposed be in there i don't see it... could it be anywhere else or is it enabled by default and i can't disable it?

Feb 18, 2005, 10:32 PM	#1
Powercolour DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 411 Rep Power: 0	need help shadowing bios can any1 tell me how 2 shadow my bios, according to asus pc-probe it can be shadowed, so how do i shadow it?

Feb 18, 2005, 10:47 PM	Thread Starter #3
Powercolour DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 411 Rep Power: 0	shadowing is the technique of loading the bios information into the ram for faster access and can yield some performance increase... Last edited by Powercolour; Feb 18, 2005 at 10:53 PM.

Feb 18, 2005, 10:56 PM	#4
Mort_Cinder I want some ATI lovin' Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: MK, UK Posts: 1,034 Rep Power: 0	ah, i see. sorry for my n00bness. i looked on the internet and found that you should be able to do it through the bios settings, opening bios at startup. hope this helps. Last edited by flankker; Feb 18, 2005 at 11:11 PM.

Feb 18, 2005, 11:44 PM	#5
Zelig HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Posts: 3,187 Rep Power: 71 System Specs	There should be an option in your bios for it. However, it's usually on by default, and actually, with new computers, most things I've read say it's better to leave it off. I haven't experimented much with it, but from what I've seen, any performance difference is pretty insignificant. __________________ --

Feb 19, 2005, 12:54 AM	Thread Starter #6
Powercolour DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 411 Rep Power: 0	well if it supposed be in there i don't see it... could it be anywhere else or is it enabled by default and i can't disable it? Last edited by Powercolour; Feb 19, 2005 at 01:08 AM.

Feb 18, 2005, 10:42 PM	#2
Mort_Cinder I want some ATI lovin' Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: MK, UK Posts: 1,034 Rep Power: 0	i dont know a lot, but dont you mean "flash" instead of "shadow"? sorry if i'm wrong, but i never heard of shadowing before.