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2014/01/17 10:57:41 (permalink)

Just rebuilt my DAW at last!

Always built my own DAWs and successfully optimised them for audio but having not done so for a few years what's going on with the BIOS?!!
Opened up the BIOS setup on my ASUS Z87-K and it may as well be in Swahili!!
 
Feeling old and like a luddite all of a sudden.

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    Re: Just rebuilt my DAW at last! 2014/01/17 11:36:27 (permalink)
    I looked into the BIOS utility on my MB before buying it as I figured if something went wrong, I didn't want to be refering to a Swahili to English dictionary.
     
    The AzRock board I used in my build has a great "user friendly" BIOS utility that even a dimwit as myself can easily understand.
     
    Jeff, looks like Google is going to be your new BIOS friend huh?

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    Re: Just rebuilt my DAW at last! 2014/01/17 11:46:52 (permalink)
    Indeed!

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    Re: Just rebuilt my DAW at last! 2014/01/21 07:18:36 (permalink)
    Thanks to Google it's all running great.
    Hardly troubling those cpu meters in Sonar whilst mixing at a buffer setting of 64 instead of the 512 I needed on the old system.
     
    Luxury!
     
    Must now resist the temptation to add loads of extra plugins to my mixes just because I can!!

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    Re: Just rebuilt my DAW at last! 2014/01/21 08:54:48 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby chefmike8888 2014/01/24 06:37:02
    jeffb63
     
    Must now resist the temptation to add loads of extra plugins to my mixes just because I can!!



    Resistance is futile!!! :)
     
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    Re: Just rebuilt my DAW at last! 2014/01/23 15:09:26 (permalink) ☄ Helpfulby chefmike8888 2014/01/24 06:37:16
    It's probably UEFI.  It's been on servers for a while--I think it came out with 64bit processors.  I only had a chance to scan this article, but it may answer a few questions.  
     
    http://www.extremetech.com/computing/96985-demystifying-uefi-the-long-overdue-bios-replacement
     

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    Re: Just rebuilt my DAW at last! 2014/01/24 06:01:25 (permalink)
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    It's probably UEFI.  It's been on servers for a while--I think it came out with 64bit processors.  I only had a chance to scan this article, but it may answer a few questions.  
     
    http://www.extremetech.com/computing/96985-demystifying-uefi-the-long-overdue-bios-replacement
     




    Thanks. An interesting read.

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    Re: Just rebuilt my DAW at last! 2014/01/24 10:25:44 (permalink)
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    Old55
    It's probably UEFI.  It's been on servers for a while--I think it came out with 64bit processors.  I only had a chance to scan this article, but it may answer a few questions.  
     
    http://www.extremetech.com/computing/96985-demystifying-uefi-the-long-overdue-bios-replacement
     




    Thanks. An interesting read.


    You're welcome.  I also have to give it a proper read.  I only had time to scan it when I found it.  

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