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    S96J bios questions

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by paz, Aug 9, 2006.

  1. paz

    paz Notebook Geek

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    The bios seems to be "light" for me

    do we have a way to see more or its the bios that its

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    paz, Aug 9, 2006
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    Darrick Notebook Deity NBR Reviewer

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    I'm a bit unclear as to your question, do you mean your BIOS seems to have only few options and if there is any more? If so, I don't think there's any hidden BIOS or anything like that.. what you see is what you get :)
     
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  3. paz

    paz Notebook Geek

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    ok

    so for me its a very light Bios then ;o)

    ( not a lot of setting )
     
    paz, Aug 9, 2006
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  4. JPZ

    JPZ Notebook Deity

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    You obviously are not familiar with notebook BIOS'. Unless you have some one of a kind laptop previously. Notebook BIOS' are pretty much always limited to an extremely high level. In a vast majority of notebooks, you can't change anything except for the system time. You can only view the settings of everything else. It is even close to that way on some desktops.

    You might have been expecting more because this was an Asus motherboard in a laptop... but really there is no difference. Manufacturer's just don't offer the same options for a notebook BIOS as they do for a desktop.
     
    JPZ, Aug 10, 2006
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    compare to my old ibm thinkpad Bios , yes , its a light version for me :O)
     
    paz, Aug 10, 2006
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    I'm not sure, but Intel might have put more limits on the BIOS than Asus put on their Z96J BIOS, which is what I have to work with.
     
    JPZ, Aug 10, 2006
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