BIOS
The K7NCR18D-ProII board uses the standard PhoenixBIOS. We’ve all come to know this as the blue one. Leadtek however incorporated what they call the XBIOS-II which is basically a menu option for all us overclockers out there.
Basically what you have in the XBIOS-II sub menu is a readout of your core and AGP voltages with the option of changing those values as well as the option to change the CPU multiplier. Multiplier options range from 3x to 24x in 1x increments, CPU core voltage options range from 1.1V to 2V in 0.025V increments and AGP slot Vddp options available are 0.1V, 0.2V and default.
Other performance options are available in the Advanced Chipset Features menu option. There you have the option of changing the CPU FSB frequency, memory timings and speeds set AGP aperture size and the other standard stuff. FSB frequencies range from 100MHz to 300MHz in 1MHz increments (or almost), memory speeds will range fro 50% of SPD to 200%.
The rest of the BIOS options are pretty standard stuff. Health status, PCI configs, power up management, integrated peripheral controls. This is a fairly complete BIOS with the added value of XBIOS-II which allows for some tweaking ability. The only thing that lacks in this BIOS is the inability to change the dividers for AGP and PCI slots. This may limit the ability to overclock properly. You don’t want to blow your AGP card or any of your PCI cards by bumping the FSB too high.
