Help with weird bios options!
This is a discussion about Help with weird bios options! in the General Hardware category; I just switched my mainboard (k7s5a) over to a Jetway 266B, I noticed in the bios there's two options I've never seen before. Cooling Sprite and HDD Boot Sprite both are Enable/Disable type settings.
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I just switched my mainboard (k7s5a) over to a Jetway 266B, I noticed in the bios there's two options I've never seen before.
"Cooling Sprite" and "HDD Boot Sprite" both are Enable/Disable type settings.
I assume Cooling Sprite is a bios based HLT setting, but im not certain on either, and a google search just bought up a heap of chinese sites and nothing very useful.
Does anyone know what these do???
"Cooling Sprite" and "HDD Boot Sprite" both are Enable/Disable type settings.
I assume Cooling Sprite is a bios based HLT setting, but im not certain on either, and a google search just bought up a heap of chinese sites and nothing very useful.
Does anyone know what these do???
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RTFM :)
LOL show me the manual which contains all bios options ...
but u can look at www.bios-info.de
just looked for u ... no entry ... so just ignore it ...
but u can look at www.bios-info.de
just looked for u ... no entry ... so just ignore it ...
OP
Rico: The manual screenshots dont even show those two options, and make no mention of them in the descriptions. Even my friends new Asus board has Boot Sprite, but no description in the manual.
Mertsch: Thanks for the link, I've tried Rojak's BIOS guide too, no luck so far.
Mertsch: Thanks for the link, I've tried Rojak's BIOS guide too, no luck so far.
write an email to that boards manufacturer,
I'm excited what these options do :roll:
(maybe its some cooling/idle technique)
I'm excited what these options do :roll:
(maybe its some cooling/idle technique)
OP
I got a reply from their Tech people:
Dear Sir
The HDD Boot sprite function means
You can select any one hard drive to boot this time
no matter what setting it is in bios setup for boot device
The Cooling sprite function means
If you enable the function , it will auto decrease CPU temperature when your system boot up
Best regards
>From JETWAY FAE
So Cooling Sprite does seem to be some sort of HLT cooling setup, but maybe only enabled during boot??
Also boot sprite just pops up a menu asking which device you'd like to boot off, to save going into bios and changing boot order if you want to boot from cdrom or floppy.
Dear Sir
The HDD Boot sprite function means
You can select any one hard drive to boot this time
no matter what setting it is in bios setup for boot device
The Cooling sprite function means
If you enable the function , it will auto decrease CPU temperature when your system boot up
Best regards
>From JETWAY FAE
So Cooling Sprite does seem to be some sort of HLT cooling setup, but maybe only enabled during boot??
Also boot sprite just pops up a menu asking which device you'd like to boot off, to save going into bios and changing boot order if you want to boot from cdrom or floppy.
