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Thanks alot for the thorough reply. Ahh right, they broke the BCLK I remember now. So would you recommend to enable ASPM? Will it slow the system down alot? LAst but not least: Can you render the system unusable with the bios settings or can you always turn things back if you notice you tried too hard? Is there some sort of "BIOS reset" jumper? Didnt find the time to "tune" my system yet, but would like to "play around" a bit without worrying too much. I will be careful, but still wondering because this is my only "real" computer right now hehe and working machine as well, so I don't want to render it unusable =). When I edited the boot performance (i think that was the switch that caused the behaviour) the system would power cycle itself like on the bios update. At first it didnt boot (was on battery, seems it "needed" the ac attached to be able to boot again for one time) so I was freaking out, thinking I broke something hehe. It's been a while since I overclocked my systems, but nowadays the Ram-speed is independant of the FSB? (BCLK is the "base clock" for all the other clocks in the system now? aka some sort of fsb on which the multipliers rely?) Sorry for asking so many questions hehe, but I want to understand things. (if it bothers you just say so and I will resort to googling my questions.. but since you are the Guru when it comes to these things I thought it's best to ask directly hehe.. plus you already gave some real good insight that I wouldve never found on google I think..)

Guys, anyone using the Hotkey software for windows 8.1 on windows 7? (W230SS) I tried that one out, but it didnt have the option to turn on/off wifi and bluetooth seperately. Just me or is that missing? In the windows 7 "version" of the hotkey software - with a total different ui, there are those wifi and bluetooth buttons. Also, is there any way to "save" profile defaults or edit profiles? And have them automatically beeing turned on/off on battery/ac? Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.. Actually I came to ask for "recommended" settings for the w230ss w/ 4810MQ. Does turning on the ASPM stuff make sense or does it slow things down alot? How about CPU boot performance - when I let it go to turbo, the fan goes on at boot. But when I turn it to max battery, it boots a bit slower.. (not a biggie, but whats better for battery life?) Can we discuss/share settings here or where should that go? And last but not least: There is a new Version out of the BIOS I think: x.x.06 instead of .03 - at least Schenker XMG has that one. (but ill definitely stick with prema.. all those new options) sorry for double post but I cant see my last psot yet.. Just curious (and interested): How can one learn to mod a bios like you do with the premamod bios? You disassemble or hex-edit or what is the way to go? You dont have the source files right? (what language are bios' written in anyway? C or C++ I guess?) The is some method to the madness right? =)

I'm running the premamod bios on my xmg p304 (w230ss) now, and I really all the added settings. But can you maybe pinpoint me to a site where the bios settings are explained a bit more in detail? Tried using my smartphone to google all the different settings lol but the results werent so good. Those (at least the majority) settings are "standard" bios settings or? There must be some reference right?

Hey there, new user with W230SS (XMG P304) here. I would like to try out the Premamod Bios for the w230SS but before I do it, I have two little questions: 1) I have 2 mSata SSDs configured as Raid-0 Array (>1000MB read/write performance hehe). Will the Bios-Update destroy the array? I read that I have to reconfigure the Raid after flashing the modded bios, just concernced that it might kill my raid (and the data on it.) If I configure the raid options just as they are now (Raid-0, 128kb stripe) the data will still be accessible right? Or should I back everything up before? 2) Is the HDD Password feature (my mSata SSDs are Samsung 840 EVO with self-encryption-support) usable with Raid-Mode at all? The Bios would just have to give both the HDDs the same password and unlock them before the raid features are used.. but did anyone try this or can someone say whether this would work in combination or not? I would like to full-disk-encrypt the drives, but software slows things down. (ok its not that big off a problem with a ssd raid-0 and i7 4810MQ, but still hardware encryption > software right?) --- Would be cool if someone could answer those questions - at least the first one =). Just want to make sure I dont fuck up my raid with the modded bios..?!