You’ve just finished building your brand new PC, but when you switch it on … you’re presented with a BIOS screen. So what do you do here? Well, let uncle Winston show you exactly what to do to get the system running …
Now BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It’s basically a firmware used to provide all the settings needed for an operating system like Windows to run. Today’s modern PCs use something called UEFI, which stands for Unified Extensible Firmware Interface … they’re basically the same thing.
Selecting the correct options in the BIOS is crucial, as it will determine whether your PC is running optimally or not. If you select the wrong options, your PC may not boot up, and/or run slower than specified.
In this article, we will show you how to “Load Optimized Defaults” settings in the BIOS. Why? … Because we believe that all hardware should be able to run at their specified speeds without the need to manually adjust or tweak the settings in the BIOS.
This article is for beginners only, and not for more advanced users. The following steps below do not cover CPU/RAM overclocking, memory timings or voltage tweaking.
Disclaimer: Funky Kit is NOT responisible for any damages due to changes that you make in the BIOS of your PC/system. Any changes in the BIOS are done at your own risk!
To access the BIOS page of any PC or motherboard, you need to press the Delete key on your keyboard as soon as you power up you PC.
Now the first thing to do is to reset everything to default and here’s how. First look for “Load Optimized Defaults” option and select “Yes”.
Once completed, the next step is to enable XMP, which are Extreme Memory Profiles, and this will allow the system to run the ram at its highest specified speeds.
If your motherboard has the “Re-size BAR” support … then you can also enable this function. Enabling this option can improve performance.
And finally, if you need to install Windows operating system from scratch, then you need to make sure you have a bootable USB drive with the Windows installer, and select the correct “Boot Sequence” to start the PC.
And lastly, you need to save the changes and allow the system to reboot. Good Luck!
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