Hello everyone, this week Bios, Overclocking, Stability test and a lots of fix!
BIOS
You can now access the BIOS from the boot selection menu.
In the BIOS you will be able to change several settings of your motherboard.
Overclocking
Overclocking is now possible in Hardware Engineers!
How it works?
Each motherboard have a base clock (sometime named "BCLK").
Each processor have a Clock Ratio.
For example if you motherboard have a BCLK of 100Mhz and your CPU a ratio of 30 that means your CPU will run at 30*100=3000Mhz
Some CPU is overclockable, if so, their ratios will be unlocked.
You can change this ratio to increase their frequency.
BUT, the more you increase the frequency the less your computer will be stable.
To enhance stability you need to increase the VCORE.
The VCORE is the voltage applied to your processor.
More VCORE means more stability but a lot more heat too, That is where TJunctionMax is important!
What is TJunction Max ?
TJunction Max is the maximum safe temperature recommended not to reach by the CPU manufacturer.
For operational convenience this value is showed in the BIOS.
If the motherboard measure the CPU temperatures exceed this value, it will shutdown your computer in emergency to prevent any damage.
So do not forget to use a proper cooling system.
After changing values in your BIOS you need to test the stability of your system.
If the computer doesn't boot at all that means the CPU cannot initialize itself with the settings you have made.
You need to reset the BIOS, to do this: go in assembly mode and use the new button "Reset BIOS"
If your computer can boot but crash with a blue screen when loading WinDOOR or during the execution of a task, that means the computer aren't stable.
You need to increase VCORE or decrease CPU ratio.
To be sure your computer is rock stable You will need the new software "OverClocking Stability Tools" (sometime named "OCST")
Note: Temperature influencing the stability
OCST
OverClocking Stability Tools is a software that will run lots of calculation on the computer to be sure it stay stable even with huge CPU load.
If he detects errors it will stop itself.
Red square+"error detected: core#" means your overclock is not stable.
Green square+"Passed!" means your overclock is stable!
Improvement
Boot sequence has been change. When powering up a computer it will always boot on the first bootable devices.
To access the boot selection, use the second button under the screen.
Search bar has been added to USB exploration and DownloadCenter>Tools.
Certain memory kits's values has been rebalancing.
And of course many bugs was fixed. If you found a bug, do not forget to report it on the Bug Report section of the Steam HUB this is very important!
As usual feel free to let me know what you think about this change in the comment section below.
Be careful with overclock!
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I hope you will enjoy this patch and see you for the next one!
Summary:
- Adding Motherboard's BIOS
- Adding CPU overclocking
- Adding new software OCST
- Adding search bar (USB,DownloadCenter>Tools)
- Improved Boot
- Balancing "Value" Ram
- Fixed Returning defragmented PC
- Fixed Inventory wrong icon
- Fixed delivery tooltip
- Fixed Text in Explorer>properties and submenu
- Fixed missing description
- Fixed slot editor
- Fixed assembly camera
- Fixed SSD's hitbox
- Fixed GPU models
- Fixed Reward's decimal number