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December 5th, 2009 10:00
Bios to allow overclocking with i7 920 released
Aurora/Aurora ALX Bios A04 (Aurora-A04.exe)
Area 51 Bios A03 (Area_51-A03.exe)
Once installed, please post your PC specifications and overclocking options chosen with results.
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h2on0
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December 6th, 2009 14:00
Questions. When I format my usb drive what file types should I use? i.e. fat 32, fat, ntsf? Are the dos boot files available in win7 somewhere or do I need to use something like the hp boot utility? Once I make the drive, on my aroura specifly, do I change the boot sequence in f2 or boot devices f12. Right now, There is no option in f2 to boot from usb only hddrive and cd/dvd. Do I need to make the usb boot device and plug it in for it to be shown on the f2 boot config list? When I rename the ao4 bios file in dos 8.3 format is ao4.exe good? I'm sure there will be more questions.
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Lunik3
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December 6th, 2009 17:00
you don't need to rename that file. the bios-update-exe must be executed directly from windows.... worked well for me
h2on0
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December 6th, 2009 17:00
O.K. more questions. When I do try to boot from usb I get Boot mgr is missing. I formatted ntsf, made disk partition active, and I sucessfully updated the ntsf bootcode. I selected the usb as my primary boot and rebooted but get boot mgr missing. I can still boot to hd fine. Any ideas?
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Davet501
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December 6th, 2009 17:00
h2on0
Why are you posting non bios questions on this thread? you should be posting in a new thread HERE
This thread is for dealing with overclocking a Alienware system
h2on0
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December 6th, 2009 18:00
Ha Ha! I spent the better part of the afternoon trying to follow the instructions included with the bios update. Thanks buddy. I'm now A04. Boy sometimes I just feel old and stupid. Oh, and I'll make sure I post any of my results OC here in this post. Sorry.
thanks
Oh yeah. GO STEELERS!
primetimex
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December 6th, 2009 20:00
Updated my Area-51 to A03 from A02 with satisfactory results (updated through Win7).
Loaded OC Profile 1 and the CPU now (i7 920) runs at 3.2Ghz.
Does this profile do anything special other than up the CPU volt by 20mV and disable Intel Turbo Tech and BCLK adjustment?
Seems that everything else has been left on Auto.
Also how come the Area-51 BIOS does not have an option to adjust the Uncore multiplier?
primetimex
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December 6th, 2009 21:00
With this new A03 bios to enable i7 920 overclocking - does this mean that we can fully overclock the i7 920 or is it still locked to only "3.2Ghz"?
I was hoping to bump up the BCLK abit further to achieve 3.5Ghz clockspeed.
KyronamiHax
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December 7th, 2009 06:00
Does this void the warranty if you turn on the overclocking