I updated my G30AB bios to 0602. After update was done and before restarting Asus EasyUpdate said I should remember to set defaults to bios. Ok.
I restarted and it was prompted that I check bios as it has changed. Chose F5 to load optimized defaults. Some of the settings changed with load optimized defaults and then I did save and exit.
Been working fine. Just entered to BIOS last night and I don't know why but pressed F5 just in curiosity and load optimized defaults. Now it again wants to change 2 other settings to different values that were not included in the first time when updated and loaded optimized defaults. Why is this? Isn't 'load optiomized defaults' supposed to be like one time pressing, and always when I press it everything will go to default values? Not that if I press it again and again after changes it did it does something more?
I did not change these new two values it wanted to do, I stayed in the values it did at the first boot 'load optimized defaults' after updating bios.
Also I thought that after I update BIOS, values already are these 'optimized defaults'. But it did change few values after I chose 'load optimized defaults'. Bit surprised this happened.
Values changed in first boot after 'load optimized defaults' :
CPU Load-Line Calibration [Auto] -> [Level 8]
CPU Voltage Frequency [Auto] -> [Manual]
CPU Fixed Frequency (kHz) [250] -> [500]
CPU Power Phase Control [Auto] -> [Extreme]
These values I did save in the first boot.
Now these are the values I get when I choose to 'load optimized defaults' 2nd time :
CPU Integrated VR Fault Management [Disabled] -> [Auto]
Link Status [Connected] -> [Disconnected]
These values I have not saved. I just exit BIOS without saving.
So, optimized defaults or not? Seems like software like AI Suite II has pretty much issues with it if I do not load those optimized defaults. Had fun flashing bios 0601 and 0602 back and forth yesterday.. If you can call that fun.
Do I brick my mb by using these settings? they seem to be cpu voltage related as far as I understand and read?
Everything ok as far as system is stable?
