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Pheonix Award BIOS Update

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Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor(2.4GHz,8MB Cache,1066MHz)
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Hi all!!

I am going to buy some new RAM, I am looking at this set

Lots of people are saying that you need to change the voltage to 2.1V in the BIOS, but I don't have that option (Or many options at all really. Apparently my mobo sucks for overclocking?!)

Anyway, I would like to update my BIOS so that I can change the voltage for the RAM and also overclock my processor.

I don't know what version I have of the BIOS, but I do know that it says Pheonix AwardBIOS at the top of the screen when in the BIOS.

How do I find out what version I have?
What is the best version to get and where do I get it from?

Sorry guys, I know hardly anything about BIOS's!!

Thanks all!!
 
Joined
Aug 31, 2006
Messages
456 (0.07/day)
Location
UK
Processor Intel® Core™ 2 Quad Q6600 Quad Core Processor(2.4GHz,8MB Cache,1066MHz)
Motherboard ASUSTeK - P5N-E - SLI nForce 650i SLI(C55) - ATX
Cooling TRUE with Xilence Red Wing 120mm fan
Memory OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 800Mhz/PC2-6400 GOLD XTC
Video Card(s) Sapphire HD3870 XT 512MB Arctic Cooling Acellero S1 Rev. 2
Storage Seagate ST3500320AS 500GB SATA II 7200rpm 32MB Cache
Display(s) HANNS-G HU196D 19"
Case Antec 1200
Audio Device(s) 5.1 High Definition onboard sound card - 6 Channel Cinema sound
Power Supply 550W PSU
Software Windows Vista Home Premium 32bit
Benchmark Scores 10713 3DMark06 - No overclocking on anything
Just found out my BIOS version from here:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\HARDWARE\DESCRIPTION\System

ASUS PN5-E SLI ACPI BIOS Revisions 0703
 
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