Re: How to tell DP35DP BIOS version before buying CPU?


"Jack D" <Jack.D.281054b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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John Doe;945540 Wrote:
Jack D Jack.D.27b1698@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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I paid $104. I also figured out how to flash the BIOS using a
bootable ISO CD from Intel's website. Without even loading the OS,
I now have the latest (0413) BIOS, my CPU now shows 3.0Ghz and 4GB
of ram. I thought I would have problems using this old BIOS (0293)
but it did stay stable until I updated. Now I can feel a little
better about loading Windows Vista with a current BIOS. Thank you
for your help. JackD-

So 0293 did recognize your CPU, just not every function of your CPU.

Yea, glad it worked out the way it did.
Maybe you or anyone reading this could help me on this question. I have
a single SATA HD that I want to load Windows on. What would I set it to
in the BIOS to install Windows? There is a Drive Configuration menu
that says configure SATA as... IDE, RAID or AHCI. Mine is set to IDE.
Also there is a setting for ATA/IDE Configuration. Disable, Legacy, or
Enhanced ( or Native). Mine is set to Legacy but wondering if it should
be set to Enhanced (native) The HD is a Seagate 250GB SATA HD. Thanks!

Which version of Windows are you trying to install? Vista has native support
of both SATA and the Intel RAID ICH9 and earlier chips. If you're installing
Vista, change the setting to RAID if you think there's some possiblity in the
future you'll want to setup a RAID array (it's future-proofing your installation;
there's no requirement to ever actually setting up a RAID). AHCI is native
SATA support without the RAID option. If you'll never, ever use RAID,
use this option, as it will eliminate the RAID status screen during POST.

XP SP3 and earlier Windows installations require F6 drivers for SATA and
RAID. If you set the SATA to emulate IDE you won't need these drivers.
If you use IDE emulation, Enhanced would work best with XP, but older
Windows versions might only recognize Legacy, which may limit you to
137GB drives or smaller.

I would tend to believe that native SATA support runs faster than IDE
emulation on either XP or Vista.

Bob


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