TweakBIOS help file (versions 1.50 and above)

     Short Introduction

First of all, TweakBIOS is *not* a TSR. It does *not* take up any 
memory, once you exit it. The settings you make in the program
will be in effect until the computer is turned off or re-booted.

The user interface if TweakBIOS very much resembles the
Award BIOS. Use the arrow keys to move between the different
settings, and PageUp/PageDown or +/- to change them. 

On the right side of the screen you see information about
your chipset, cache, memory configuration and memory timings. 

The 'Actual DRAM timings' you might see are the ones that people 
most often use to compare memory timings. Many of the settings 
in this program *don't* affect these timings, but they *still* 
make your computer faster/slower!

To apply the settings, press F10. If the settings are too
fast for your computer, it might freeze at this stage.

With F2 you can save the settings for the device to a file. Note
that pressing F2 only saves the settings for the *current* device
(the one you are viewing at the moment), *not* all your devices.
The file will have the extension TWK.

With F3 you can load the settings for the device from a file,
if you have earlier save the settings.

With the registered version of this program you can save your 
favourite settings to a file, and automatically load them
each time you start your computer! 
You can do that by running TweakBIOS in your autoexec.bat:

C:\DIR\TWEAK.EXE /LOAD

where 'DIR' is the name of the directory that contains TweakBIOS.
TweakBIOS tries then to load a saved file for *every* PCI device 
in your computer. If you haven't saved a certain device's settings
(which you needn't do), a text similar to 
'USB Controller: No file found.' will be shown. For those devices
that you *have* saved settings, a text 
'Applying settings (might freeze)...' will appear.

Here is an example:

 Loading chip registers from file(s)...

  CPU-to-PCI Bridge: No file found.

  PCI-to-ISA Bridge: Applying settings (might freeze)...  Done.

     IDE Controller: Applying settings (might freeze)...  Done.

     USB Controller: No file found.





Here are some general tips for the different settings:

- generally, a smaller value is faster
- enabled is *usually* faster than disabled

For more info on the settings, see:

  http://www.miro.pair.com/tweakbios/tweakdoc.html



Miro Wikgren, July 1st, 1997.