On Fri, Apr 27, 2007 at 08:29:18PM +0200, Peter Stuge wrote: > One way to find a shop is to look for game console modification > shops, they do this sort of thing (and more advanced things) all day > and should be able to help you for around $50 if you bring the needed > components. (PLCC socket, resistor, wire and switch) Possibly a > friendly TV or radio repair shop could help too, but they may not > have suitable soldering equipment for the surface mount parts.
Nice, can you please add this somewhere in the wiki (GA-M57SLI-S4 howto?) > > and also, how easy is it to set what would be normal BIOS settings > > like voltage, cpu multipliers, etc... (For say overclocking a > > system) > > None of these things were originally intended to be user settings, > so currently you have to hack the source code. > > LinuxBIOS is designed to configure the system for optimal performance > while remaining within safe operation specifications for a particular > board and configuration. LB determines max memory speed by reading > the SPD identification EEPROM on RAM modules for example. > > The desire to experiment with system performance and overclocking > should not be overlooked however.. I think it's an important and > exciting new use case. Agreed. We should (and probbaly will) make LinuxBIOSv3 much more configurable in that respect. > My personal wet dream in this case is for _everything_ to be user > overridable, but I may be going a bit overboard.. Nope. I have the same wet dream ;) Maximum configurability is a great benefit of LinuxBIOS (unusual or complex options should be hidden behind an "expert" button of course, but the options should definatly be there). Uwe. -- http://www.hermann-uwe.de | http://www.holsham-traders.de http://www.crazy-hacks.org | http://www.unmaintained-free-software.org
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