unlocking bios on packard bell??

Burnout81 · 3 Feb 2012 at 16:09

Hey after a little looking around about my pcs motherboard i found this bios mod
from this site http://www.bios-mods.com/forum/Thread-Packard-bell-imedia-s3720 i was just wondering if anyone knew if this is something that would actually work to unlock my bios so i could start overclocking my cpu a little as i think its holding my graphics card back at th moment.

my PC is an old packard bell imedia s3720 put into an old case i had with a better power supply i belive the motherboard is a packard bell mcp73pv

the link in the download has a file called : P01-A3_MODDED.ROM.rom
if it was possible, what would i do with this file ?

i dont want to just jump in and mess it all up so thought id get some proper advice first

any more info you need please ask
also if im being dumb please tell me

thanks

SeraphX · 3 Feb 2012 at 16:40

1. no
2. No your Cpu and cooler are most likely not upto the job of dealing with more than stock settings
3. NO! your Psu is a cheap generic box,
4. Yes i think you are being silly

Burnout81 · 3 Feb 2012 at 16:47

1. ok

2. thought as much
3. case and psu are not bad its an nzxt gamma and an antec EA-500, they arent great but definatley not a cheap generic box

4. thankyou , im jus grasping at straws for better performance with little money

Hagar · 3 Feb 2012 at 17:03

http://www.bios-mods.com/bios-update/

The above link on the same site tells you how to create a boot USB stick. In the command line where it says AFUDOS bios.rom .............. replace 'bios.rom' with the name of the modded rom P01-A3.ROM.

I have personally flashed many bios chips however there is always a risk and you will need to consider this before you start. I prefer to use a dos floppy boot disk.

If you have a floppy drive, you can make a dos boot disk, load the afudos utility and the modded rom onto the same floppy and boot from that. Use the above command line from the dos prompt.

Subliminal Aura · 3 Feb 2012 at 17:18

Let the OP try

I'll get some pop corn and take a seat

Akagi · 7 Sep 2012 at 14:49

Worst case scenario, you brick the motherboard. But if it doesn't work, and you need to overclock your CPU, you would then buy a new motherboard anyway. So if you think about, its just a question of 'you may as well try'.