HP Mobo bios change

Red Beret · 07-04-2008, 04:32 PM

Hey guys,

I recently bought an HP a1730n desktop...
Then I upgraded to a Radeon 1950PRo, and a 500watt thermaltake power supply.

Recently I've been trying to tweak some bios settings, but I think that HP limited its users to very few basic bios options. Is there any way I could change the bios to a non HP "version",
and be able to access all these settings such as ram timings and all that good stuff?

I've heard of people exchanging video card bios, but can it be done on a mobo? If so how? Where do I get the new bios? is it safe? I'm not sure the brand of my mobo (I think it's Asus).

Thank you so much guys!

P.s. the system I have written below in my signature is my old one - disregard that one!

hickfarm · 07-04-2008, 07:47 PM

You can change the bios on a mobo, but upgrading an hp bios still might not allow you to overclock. They limit that stuff a lot on retail pc's.

07-04-2008, 04:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
Red Beret Junior Techie Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 76	HP Mobo bios change Hey guys, I recently bought an HP a1730n desktop... Then I upgraded to a Radeon 1950PRo, and a 500watt thermaltake power supply. Recently I've been trying to tweak some bios settings, but I think that HP limited its users to very few basic bios options. Is there any way I could change the bios to a non HP "version", and be able to access all these settings such as ram timings and all that good stuff? I've heard of people exchanging video card bios, but can it be done on a mobo? If so how? Where do I get the new bios? is it safe? I'm not sure the brand of my mobo (I think it's Asus). Thank you so much guys! P.s. the system I have written below in my signature is my old one - disregard that one! __________________ Current System Specifications: Motherboard-->MSI-VIA KT4v CPU -->AMD Athlon XP 2100 RAM -->512MB of PC2700 Hard Drive -->WD 40 G-2MB Cache, and WD 80 G-8MB Cache Video Card -->ATI Radeon 9800 Pro Case -->Antec Performence 2 (full-tower) Power Supply-->Antec SmartPower 400Watt

07-04-2008, 07:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
hickfarm Super Techie Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Nebraska Posts: 345	Re: HP Mobo bios change You can change the bios on a mobo, but upgrading an hp bios still might not allow you to overclock. They limit that stuff a lot on retail pc's. __________________ AMD 64 x2 5000+ BE Zalman 9700 OCZ 700 watt Power Supply 2x1 gig OCZ 800mhz dual channel ram Custom John Deere case Near completion DFI Infinity NF UlTRAII-M2 motherboard 320 gig Seagate hard drive, 500gig internal Western Digital, 500gig MyBook My Blog==> Hickblog

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