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8/30/08 at 8:05am
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Hello everyone, first time post. I have an HP Pavilion Elite m9340f, intel 2 quad core @ 2.66 GHz, 6 gigs RAM, NVidia GeForce 9500 GS. I'm looking to kick it up a little bit more and want to overclock. But when I enter the BIOS it is COMPLETELY stripped down, very few options I can change and nothing that will help me overclock. The BIOS is Amerigan Megatrends, the moterboard is 'Pegatron' (which I understand is a division of ASUS). Looking online I've seen some real horror stories from people who've tried to use ASUS tools to manage their BIOS in Windows. Is there any RELIABLE program out there? Again, I'm not looking to simply flash the BIOS I need some way to alter it.
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8/30/08 at 8:11am
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Hello everyone, first time post. I have an HP Pavilion Elite m9340f, intel 2 quad core @ 2.66 GHz, 6 gigs RAM, NVidia GeForce 9500 GS. I'm looking to kick it up a little bit more and want to overclock. But when I enter the BIOS it is COMPLETELY stripped down, very few options I can change and nothing that will help me overclock. The BIOS is Amerigan Megatrends, the moterboard is 'Pegatron' (which I understand is a division of ASUS). Looking online I've seen some real horror stories from people who've tried to use ASUS tools to manage their BIOS in Windows. Is there any RELIABLE program out there? Again, I'm not looking to simply flash the BIOS I need some way to alter it.
Seriously, you're better off not overclocking. Using software to overclock is a real bad idea. Your best bet is to buy a new motherboard if you want to overclock that bad.
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8/30/08 at 8:17am
Short answer: No, you're stuck.
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8/30/08 at 8:17am
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Is "Mr. Bios" still around? That was a company that created modified bios's on the cheap.
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8/30/08 at 8:20am
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So...essentially the BIOS on this motherboard was deliberately designed to avoid people overclocking, or what? Can I take it that this 'feature' is unique to this board? And that there's NO safe way to crack into the more advanced features of the BIOS?
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8/30/08 at 8:22am
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So...essentially the BIOS on this motherboard was deliberately designed to avoid people overclocking, or what? Can I take it that this 'feature' is unique to this board? And that there's NO safe way to crack into the more advanced features of the BIOS?
Yes an No. Try searching. Use what I said as a start.
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8/30/08 at 8:22am
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So...essentially the BIOS on this motherboard was deliberately designed to avoid people overclocking, or what? Can I take it that this 'feature' is unique to this board? And that there's NO safe way to crack into the more advanced features of the BIOS?
Pretty much standard on OEM boards. Overclocking can void warranty so removing it from BIOS will guarantee users aren't overclocking when their PCs go bust.
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8/30/08 at 8:37am
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So are you saying that if I purchased this exact same motherboard direct from ASUS (or any other motherboard direct from the manufacturer) I could probably get into the advanced BIOS features without a problem? The issue is that I bought from HP, who put the thing together and doesn't want to deal with overclocking?
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8/30/08 at 8:44am
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So are you saying that if I purchased this exact same motherboard direct from ASUS (or any other motherboard direct from the manufacturer) I could probably get into the advanced BIOS features without a problem? The issue is that I bought from HP, who put the thing together and doesn't want to deal with overclocking?
Possibly, sometimes manufacture's like HP will have asus make a change to a board that is not readily apparent. You need to do some searches on bios mods. Sorry not gonna answer this question again. You have to learn to do some research on your own if you want to do something out of the ordinary.
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Yes, Most any pre-built (Dell, HP, Gateway etc) will have a locked BIOS for overclocking.
Aftermarket boards will vary in their ability to overclock.
The bad news is if you purchase another motherboard and re-use all you current componenets, you need to buy a new copy of Windows, since your copy is OEM and tied to the motherboard it was origianlly installed on (the HP one).
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