Re: Hidden BIOS Menus?

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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>I have a DG965WH motherboard with BIOS rev 1713 (11/25/07)
> There's a conflict with Vista 64 and 8 GB RAM and I would like to
> be able to set memory hole and other advanced parameters in BIOS. Those options don't
> appear in the BIOS menus, however.
> Is it possible there's a set of hidden menus for more advanced users that could be
> accessed? If so, how do I get to them?
>
> TIA
>
> Tom Lake

There are no hidden menus other than the Maintenance Menu that appears
when you change the Jumper Block at the front end of the board to Pins 2-3
(normally 1-2).

The Intel Integrator Assistant (and the older Intel Integrator Toolkit) allows
you to hide certain BIOS settings from the user, but the default is that all
available settings are shown.

With this board and 4GB of memory, I've gotten Vista 64 to work by
using a program like VistaBootPro to reduce the available memory by
128MB, which allows Vista 64 to boot normally instead of 20x slower
than normal.

Bob

> With this board and 4GB of memory, I've gotten Vista 64 to work by
> using a program like VistaBootPro to reduce the available memory by
> 128MB, which allows Vista 64 to boot normally instead of 20x slower
> than normal.

Hey, there's a plus! When I use MSCONFIG, it only allows me to reduce the
memory by 4 - 5GB! No matter what number I put in there, it reduces to
below 4 GB.
I'll try VistaBootPro to see if I can reduce to 7.5 GB or so and still get a
benefit.
Thanks!

Tom Lake

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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>> With this board and 4GB of memory, I've gotten Vista 64 to work by
>> using a program like VistaBootPro to reduce the available memory by
>> 128MB, which allows Vista 64 to boot normally instead of 20x slower
>> than normal.
>
> Hey, there's a plus! When I use MSCONFIG, it only allows me to reduce the
> memory by 4 - 5GB! No matter what number I put in there, it reduces to
> below 4 GB.
> I'll try VistaBootPro to see if I can reduce to 7.5 GB or so and still get
> a benefit.
> Thanks!

I tried it last night and, voila! It works. Not only does Vista boot as
fast as XP,
now I can also watch TV on Media Center which I couldn't do before. I do
have to reserve 256

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message
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>>> With this board and 4GB of memory, I've gotten Vista 64 to work by
>>> using a program like VistaBootPro to reduce the available memory by
>>> 128MB, which allows Vista 64 to boot normally instead of 20x slower
>>> than normal.
>>
>> Hey, there's a plus! When I use MSCONFIG, it only allows me to reduce
>> the
>> memory by 4 - 5GB! No matter what number I put in there, it reduces to
>> below 4 GB.
>> I'll try VistaBootPro to see if I can reduce to 7.5 GB or so and still
>> get a benefit.
>> Thanks!
>
I tried it last night and, voila! It works. Not only does Vista boot as
fast as XP, now I can also watch TV on Media Center which I couldn't do
before. I do have to reserve 256 MB rather than 128 MB, though. Still,
it's nowhere near as bad as losing 4 GB!

Thanks again

Tom Lake

"Tom Lake" <> wrote in message news:fj3jqk$rqn$...
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> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message news:fj3jnb$rkl$...
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>> "Tom Lake" <> wrote in message news:fj1i5n$vj3$...
>>>> With this board and 4GB of memory, I've gotten Vista 64 to work by
>>>> using a program like VistaBootPro to reduce the available memory by
>>>> 128MB, which allows Vista 64 to boot normally instead of 20x slower
>>>> than normal.
>>>
>>> Hey, there's a plus! When I use MSCONFIG, it only allows me to reduce the
>>> memory by 4 - 5GB! No matter what number I put in there, it reduces to below 4 GB.
>>> I'll try VistaBootPro to see if I can reduce to 7.5 GB or so and still get a benefit.
>>> Thanks!
>>
> I tried it last night and, voila! It works. Not only does Vista boot as
> fast as XP, now I can also watch TV on Media Center which I couldn't do
> before. I do have to reserve 256 MB rather than 128 MB, though. Still,
> it's nowhere near as bad as losing 4 GB!
>
> Thanks again
>
> Tom Lake

Glad to hear it worked for you. Until the price of 2MB modules drops, I can't
afford to try it myself with 8GB.

Bob