Re: Need to reinstall WinXP after changing bios parameters?

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Did you change any other hw?
What is meant by 'stability problems' ?

"JK" <JK@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I have had stability problems and it seems that they were related to
graphics
card.
With the aid of ATI tech.support I found that some bios settings were
wrong
(see details below). Also "Init Display First" parameter was set to "PCI"
instead of "PCI-E". After making recommended corrections the system became
even more unstable. My question is, should I reinstall WinXP after making
these changes in bios?

Thanks,
JK

Mobo: Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe
Graphics card: ATI Radeon EAX600XT PCI-E card
OS: Win XP Home



737-217: System hangs, VPU Recover errors or corrupted display when using
ATI PCI-Express graphics cards in ASUS Motherboards

The information in this article applies to the following configurations:
ATI RADEON X300/X600/X800 series PCIe graphics card
ASUS Intel 915/925 or nForce4 based motherboard
In some instances, when PEG Link Mode is set to a value other than Slow
within the BIOS setup, users may experience system instability resulting
in
graphics corruption, video memory or VPU Recover errors.

ASUS has recently introduced a new BIOS feature called PEG Link Mode. This
feature is available for both AMD and Intel based motherboards and allows
the
user to increase the engine and memory clocks on the graphics card.

The five user configurable options are:
Auto
Slow
Normal
Fast
Faster
By default the feature is set to Auto, which is the same as "Normal".
However, the Normal setting still slightly overclocks the video card by
almost 8%.

The PEG Link Mode value must be set to "Slow" in order to disable the
overclocking feature, and allow for proper functionality. To set the PEG
Link
Mode to Slow, please refer to the steps below:
Enter System BIOS
Open Advanced menu -> open the Chipset menu
Locate PEG Link Mode
Change setting to Slow





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