Video BIOS Shadowing and Caching

Zardon · Nov 22, 2003, 07:26 PM

My good buddy Adrian over at Rojakpot has just emailed me to tell me he has updated his bios guide. This guide really has been of so much help to thousands of people and if you are finding the array of options in your bios bewildering, I suggest you head over and have a good read to educate yourself.

"Phew... Finally managed to finish updating the descriptions of Video BIOS Shadowing and Video BIOS Cacheable. Believe it or not, I spent two days working on those two BIOS options.

Why so long? Well, check them out and you will see that I have completely rewritten them. They should now clear any ambiguities that may have surfaced since the last update."

Read it here

Dyre Straits · Nov 22, 2003, 08:34 PM

I have those options Disabled on both of my machines. (Per Omegadrive's very nice BIOS Tweak Guide.

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I wonder if that's why I don't get so many crashes in my games? Hmmmmm.....

~~HawK~~ · Nov 22, 2003, 09:09 PM

Yes, His BiosGuide alway's has been a good help for many, and to me also

keeping Videobios uncached & unshaded, should always be done,
if you flash with them enabled, you'r asking for trouble, learned it the hard way

~~Crash Override~~ · Nov 22, 2003, 10:58 PM

I have to pay to view a BIOS Optimization Guide on the Internet?

What is this world coming to?

Dyre Straits · Nov 22, 2003, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Crash Override
I have to pay to view a BIOS Optimization Guide on the Internet?

What is this world coming to?

I didn't have to pay anything. Although I did see that option, but, it's not necessary.

-={420}=- · Nov 23, 2003, 03:24 AM

Right now it's free and you can voluntarily donate.
As for the options, I always had them disabled mainly because I flash my BIOS when a new update comes out.

Matth · Nov 23, 2003, 10:36 PM

There may be some deluxe content that you have to pay for.

Not entirely sure if it DOES work the way indicated - LOCKING the entire segment into cache.

Back when I used to dabble in the settings of my old CYRIX CPU, there were options to select cacheable or non-cacheable for various areas, but that was only to allow or disallow - it didn't force it to be cahed if it wasn't in use - there were other options for write combining, write ordering etc.

EcPercy · Nov 23, 2003, 11:56 PM

yea i dont have those options in my bios

Nov 22, 2003, 07:26 PM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	Video BIOS Shadowing and Caching My good buddy Adrian over at Rojakpot has just emailed me to tell me he has updated his bios guide. This guide really has been of so much help to thousands of people and if you are finding the array of options in your bios bewildering, I suggest you head over and have a good read to educate yourself. "Phew... Finally managed to finish updating the descriptions of Video BIOS Shadowing and Video BIOS Cacheable. Believe it or not, I spent two days working on those two BIOS options. Why so long? Well, check them out and you will see that I have completely rewritten them. They should now clear any ambiguities that may have surfaced since the last update." Read it here

Nov 23, 2003, 03:24 AM	#6
-={420}=- DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 1,095 Rep Power: 0	Right now it's free and you can voluntarily donate. As for the options, I always had them disabled mainly because I flash my BIOS when a new update comes out. __________________ [COLOR=red]My eBay Auctions[/COLOR]

Nov 22, 2003, 09:09 PM	#3
~~HawK~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 2,092 Rep Power: 0	Yes, His BiosGuide alway's has been a good help for many, and to me also keeping Videobios uncached & unshaded, should always be done, if you flash with them enabled, you'r asking for trouble, learned it the hard way

Nov 22, 2003, 10:58 PM	#4
~~Crash Override~~ Banned Join Date: May 2002 Location: Olympia, WA Posts: 2,448 Rep Power: 0	I have to pay to view a BIOS Optimization Guide on the Internet? What is this world coming to?

Nov 23, 2003, 10:36 PM	#7
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	There may be some deluxe content that you have to pay for. Not entirely sure if it DOES work the way indicated - LOCKING the entire segment into cache. Back when I used to dabble in the settings of my old CYRIX CPU, there were options to select cacheable or non-cacheable for various areas, but that was only to allow or disallow - it didn't force it to be cahed if it wasn't in use - there were other options for write combining, write ordering etc.

Nov 23, 2003, 11:56 PM	#8
EcPercy HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Iraq Posts: 1,535 Rep Power: 0	yea i dont have those options in my bios