This is the first among a series of post in which I will tell you many tips on how to make your System perform faster. The post frequency in this Series will be one post ( tip ) per week. So check out my other posts on all other days. Being the first in the series lets start with the system booting and BIOS.
BIOS is a central location for you to control all your systems hardware manually.
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The unwanted hardware can consume your system resources. So what you can do is to disable them via the BIOS.
1. onboard LAN – if your computer is not on a Local Area Network you may want to disable the onboard LAN adapter. This will allow you not to install and LAN drivers. onBoard Video and Audio can also be switched off if you don’t use them). You can find th options under Peripherals or Integrated peripherals.
2. Make sure that you have set you first boot device to your Hard Disc drive. The option can be found under Boot menu or basic BIOS setup.
3. Disable unwanted ports like parallel and serial ports. Disable floppy drives if you don’t use it.
4. There can be many options that are hardware specific. You may view a list of such options on yourmother board manufacturers web site.
5. Update your BIOS frequently.
These are the most basic things from which you can start to speed up your system. To get into the system BIOS press F2 or DEL key when you start your computer. And make sure you have saved your changes before you exit by pressing F10 and then OK.
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