BIOS

The first page in the BIOS give you some basic system info and lets you configure your harddisks.


Most of the interesting BIOS settings can be found under "Advanced".


While the Overclocking section of the BIOS does not have many options, it is still enough to get some basic overclocking done.


The CPU frequency can be set between 200 MHz and 400 MHz. While 400 is a bit ambitious it is still nice to see a big range.


CPU Voltage can be set between 0.8V and 1.55V which is a good range that covers most overclocking and undervolting that this board can be used for. If you need more juice you can boost the CPU voltage by another 0.1V via the CPU Voltage Control setting.


DDR2 Voltage goes only up to 2.1V which may not be enough for the latest high-end memory modules.


The ATI chipset voltage can be increased a bit too, up to 1.5V, more than enough, considering the passive heatsink.


The CPU multiplier can be changed in integer steps, half-multipliers are not available.


I'm not sure what the AMD Live! switch does, but Cool & Quiet is a very important feature for most PCs.


Only the bare minimum of settings can be found on the chipset settings page.


Not much here, you can change from "Auto" to "Manual" which lets you control the memory frequency. No timings can be set at all, truly disappointing.


The UMA settings defines how much main memory is used a video memory. Depending on your applications there can be a benefit going to 256 MB. The suggested (and optimum) setting is 128 MB.