BIOS
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Hi, my HP p6000 Bios looks somewhat limited in terms of adjustment I can play with. Is there a way to circumvent that or should i think 'this is as good as it gets!' TIA
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Some systems have a pretty limited BIOS in them. I have seen some Toshiba Satellite systems where the BIOS only contained the option to change the boot order and enable numlock on boot. That being said, most desktop PCs have a lot more options. I did some quick research and it looks like HP hasn't released a single BIOS update for the P6000 series so you are most likely stuck with what you have.
If you want to mess around with a full featured BIOS you could always check out some of the BIOS simulators around the internet. I particularly like this one:
http://www.grs-software.de/sims/bios/phoenix/pages/
Here are a few others:
Almost every Lenovo -- http://service.lenovo.partner-management.com/et.cfm?eid=1437
Phoenix BIOS -- http://appro.mit.jyu.fi/tools/biossimu/simu.html
Dell BIOS -- http://www.techmonsters.com/DellTraining/bin/Foundation2010/Portables_Foundation_2010/Latitude/Latitude_13/Latitude_13/Bios/Lat_13_Bios.htm -
I had an old gateway PC that had a locked BIOS. I was able to find the model of the board and try to flash its non OEM BIOS. It didn't work in my case and I wouldn't suggest it as you could destroy any chance of it booting again. But I like to tinker with stuff like that now and then.
