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baskinghobo   05-30-2009 at 01:35:36 PM

I heard many good things about overclocking through the BIOS and i am thinking to try it myself. But i am a little concerned about the "Flashing the BIOS" part. When you flash the bios to overclock, is there a way to quickly change it back to default settings.

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flyin15sec   06-01-2009 at 06:15:04 AM
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You don't need to flash the BIOS, unless you have a CPU that is not yet supported by your motherboard or you have a bug that a new BIOS will fix.

To reset the CMOS, or clear the BIOS, you typically have to change a jumper, most newer motherboards have a button you can easily push.

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Bronze Overclocking badge jsc   06-01-2009 at 06:18:34 PM
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And many motherboards (Gigabyte and eVGA for example), if you overdo an OC setting, will reset themselves automatically back to a bootable configuration.

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