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    stock p8400 cpu. best bios?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by nsboston103, Dec 6, 2010.

  1. nsboston103

    nsboston103 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have download the bios pack and 17 is not in the pack. i want to run 2 hard drives soon. i have the stock p8400 cpu. what is the best bios for that and when i install 2nd drive. thank you. Oh and i figured out my bios password. yahoo!!! thought of what was going on in my life when i changed it a year ago and bingo.
     
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    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    Any bios 9c.11.00 and above is fine. If I rememeber correctly the 9c.17.00 enhanced the extended L2, 6MB, CPU's snappieness. Somehow the cache was handled better at least with the desktop feel.

    If you are looking to RAID you are good with all P78xx released bios versions.
     
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    I can not find the 9c.17.00 bios. I think there is a link, but says not logged in? Can someone send me a link?
     
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    lpnowlan, Dec 7, 2010
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