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BIOS advanced options
I have looked for some answares throu the web but cant find anything..
I got a Dell XPS 420.. The BIOS inside is a Phoenix A02 (i think, since it is named Dell, inc..)
I want to overclock my CPU, but cant get to the advanced settings in the BIOS..
I have read that Dell has set restriction on the settings so people dont do something they regret and come complaining to Dell afterwards.
I know a bit of computers, and my Dell warranty has expired anyway so i cant go to them if anything goes wrong :P
Please nead answers..
ejn63
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February 13th, 2010 11:00
Unless someone locked out the administrator functions of the BIOS (in which case you'd be prompted for the password), what you see is what you get - a BIOS is custom-written for a specific mainboard, so there are no "Advanced" options that are locked out. Some Dell systems have overclocking settings that are activated with certain CPUs - that may be the case, in which situation upgrading to one of those CPUs will release the control of the overclocking setting.
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February 13th, 2010 19:00
thanks for reply!
Why is it set that the CPU lockes/unlockes if it can be OC? I got q6600 and thats a excellent OC CPU..
Im not that intrested to OC that im going to switch CPU, just thought why not get mine from 2.4GHz to 3.0GHz :P