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| BIOS |
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The Bios Companion
(T, S) - extracts from
The BIOS Companion, which covers all the BIOS and Advanced Chipset settings
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BIOS Survival
Guide (T, S) - page
with tech info on how to set up a new BIOS or undocumented features
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Specific BIOS pages
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Installing BIOS (T)
- PC Mechanic
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PCGuide - Ref - System
BIOS (T, S) - From
the PC Guide
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TweakBIOS -
Shareware program lets you tune your chipset, CPU and video
card probably more than any 'real' BIOS
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WIM's BIOS Page (*,
T, S) - A page working to
be comprehensive with information on BIOS settings, BIOS numbering matches
to motherboards, Web locations to download Flash BIOS's, and more.
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| Bus |
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FAQ's
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Bus mastering
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Bus
mastering (T) - "NEVER
attempt to use a bus-mastering ISA SCSI controller (or other ISA bus-mastering
device) on a system with more than 16Mb memory." the author's statement.
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Bus
Mastering Drivers (D)
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I/O bus
(T) - good description
on the I/O bus
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Technical pages
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| CPU's |
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FAQs
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Intel: Product
Info
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Non-Intel:
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IDT WinChip Home Page
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Other
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Anand's Hardware Tech Page
(*, A, T) - very
nice CPU reviews.
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CPU and Memory
(T) -
Some troubleshooting tips.a long detailed page about the CPU and memory
speed
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CPU Central (S,
T)
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CPU Info Center (S,
T)
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CPU Sockets
- Pair.com
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MMX - PCLabs
Online (a report) (A),
MMX Technology Overview
(Intel) (A), World
of Intel MMX Technology (A, R) -
site is dedicated just to MMX
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Microprocessors
for Windows PCs (A)
- a selection of articles on leading microprocessors
for PCs from Microprocessor Report
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Pentium(R) OverDrive(R)
Processors Upgrade Guide - This guide lists various
Pentium® and Intel486™ processor-based systems with the corresponding
Intel OverDrive® processor part numbers. Select the system's manufacturer
and model, and the guide returns the upgrade information.
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RageMage's CPU
Page (S) -
CPU reviews and descriptions of CPU manufacturers.
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Sandpile.org
- (*, T, S) - x86 processor
information
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Links to links for CPU's
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Chip Directory
(T, S)- list of links
to chip resources.
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CPU Info Center (T,
S) -
from Berkeley, news & information on all CPU's -- PC, PPC, Alpha, etc.
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| Chipsets |
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| Misc |
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| Motherboards |
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Motherboards of interest:
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468 boards of interest
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These selections link directly to manufacturer motherboard
product pages.
| ABIT (T,
S) |
Epox
(T, S) |
| ASUS (T,
S) |
FIC
(T, S) |
| Biostar (T,
S) |
Ocean
(T, S) |
| DFI
(T, S) |
Shuttle
(T, S) |
| ECS
(T, S) |
Tyan (T,
S) |
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Motherboard Reviews:
-
Anand's Hardware Tech
Page - Mainboard Reviews
-
Computer Motherboard Information
- Computer Home Page has much good
informationa and links motherboards (AMI, ASUS, Gigabyte, Tyan, etc) video
cards, CPU overclocking, and more.
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Home of Lost Circuits,
motherboard guide - several motherboard reviews.
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The Mainboard Guide
- at Tom's Hardware
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Motherboard Reviews
- Billy's site
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Motherboard
reviews - at Computer Heaven. New site.
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Motherboard Review
Index (*, A) -
Rob's site handily indexes
reviewed hardware on at Tom's, AnandTech, and the Motherboard Homeworld.
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System Optimization -- PC
Hardware Test Lab Reviews (*, T , S) -
at the System Optimization page
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Tweakit Motherboards (*,
T , S) - specs and some
comments regarding a range of motherboards.
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Specs
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Form Factors
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ATX (T,
S) - The ATX Form Factor
page
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EBX
(A)
-
NLX (*,
T, S)
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General descriptions:
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Manuals:
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Motherboard Manual
Page - Intel Manuals, Asus Manuals, Gigabyte Manuals,
Microstar Manuals, A-Trend Manuals, DFI (Diamond Flower) Manuals, Free
Tech Manuals, SuperMicro Manuals, FIC Manuals, and maybe more by the time
you take a look.
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Paul's Manual Page
- Motherboard and BIOS Manuals
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Other useful motherboard Information:
-
Dick Perron's motherboard
WEB list, Motherboard
Manufacturers List & WWW Addresses - Long lists of
motherboard manufacturers
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| Overclocking |
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