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    Msi 1221 Bios

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by groston, May 16, 2008.

  1. groston

    groston Notebook Enthusiast

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    All,

    Am setting up my new MSI 1221: using a T8300 processor, 2 GB RAM, 100 GB @ 7200 rpm HD, running XP Pro SP3. This will be my traveling computer - seems pretty decent thus far.

    Question: I have the latest BIOS installed for XP, but the BIOS settings screen seems mighty meager. Is there a 'secret' key combinaiton to enable a full BIOS setting screen?

    p.s. If anyone is interested, I can post some benchmarks (once I run them!)
     
    groston, May 16, 2008
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  2. robm@rkcomputer.net

    [email protected] Company Representative

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    Just pressing the DEL key will enter the bios, other than what you see there are no more available settings.
     
    [email protected], May 17, 2008
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  3. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Laptop BIOS are fairly stupid compared to desktop BIOS, and there rarely (if ever) additional settings that you can access like voltages, RAM timings, OCs, etc. In fact, I've never seen a laptop with those kinds of settings available for tweaking.
     
    Greg, May 19, 2008
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