Can I flash my motherboard's bios with a rom file of my friend's motherboard?

Layman806

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Hello,
I have a zebronics zx-945-15 motherboard with American Megatrends bios in it.

The manufacturing guys have locked overclocking options like FSB speed and all.
So, I want to replace this bios with a friend's motherboard's bios which has AMI Bios Simple Setup Utility which has unlocked options options for overclocking.

Will flashing it using AFUWIN v.4.48 do the trick?

Any other options from you are welcome(other than buying a new mobo cuz i don't have permission from parents now) to help me overclock my 3 year old Intel Pentium 4 2.4Ghz to at least 2.8Ghz with a Master Cooler Heat Sink.

Your help is very much appreciated.
Thank You...
 
Flashing a BIOS with an incorrect ROM is VERY risky with a fair chance of bricking the board.
I personally wouldn't recommend it but it is yours to try.

Just make sure you get a trusted brand of board next time Zebronics is completely unheard of in USA.
 

Layman806

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Its an Indian Company(local) Cuz at that time, I was a noobie and had my combo assembled by some guy next door...

Is there any other way i could oc my p4?
 

hytecgowthaman

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zebronics sell cabinet,psu,mobo,pci cards(ethernet,tv tuner ,etc...),keyboard,mouse,speakers etc,,, at low cost in india . its a good company.
 

hytecgowthaman

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no way in hardware side, but u can boost u r system via softwares, update os, install latest drivers ( or try slimdrivers(freeware)), game booster(freeware),cccleaner,defragler,try avg antivirus(freeware) other antivirus softwares slow down pc highly, dont create more than 2 partitions,etc,,,
 

Layman806

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Tried everything, but no avail in boosting fps in NFS Carbon...

If there is any jumper configuration for increasing speed to increase speed, I would definitely try it.
And thanx for your quick responses!
 

Layman806

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I presently have an Asus Geforce 210 1 GB DDR3
And, ouch, I can't get a new computer because of lack of pocket money right now!