Temperatures Tab

We are almost at the end of the tab sections and there we find the Temperatures Tab which has a but more then just the temperatues info as it also contains the Fanspeed section.

So what can we find back on this section, that we can control through the NVIDIA graphics card BIOS:

• Core Slowdown Temperature: For some GeForce FX 5xxx and GeForce 6xxx BIOS the editor is able to modify the core slowdown temperature. This temperature is also displayed in your ForceWare driver, it marks the point when the GPU slows down in case of overheating, it is recommended not to rise this value as it may result in damaging hardware from overheating.
• Enable 6600GT Temp Monitor Trick: Allows you to toggle a byte to activate temperature monitoring display on GeForce 6600GT cards. This could also work on other cards, the trick is only available if the same sequence as used as present on the GeForce 6600GT. Note that temp monitoring could have been disabled by manufacturer to avoid problems, so if you encounter any anomalities after enabling you should consider disabling it again. Enabling temp monitoring can also enable fan control by vendor or 3rd party tools.
• Disable Temp Monitoring: Allows you to complete disable the temperature monitoring sensor and this is a work around for the Cold Bug discovered on the GeForce 7800 series when running below a certain temperature.
• Fanspeed: Here you can edit the default fan speed for the different performance modes. Note these are the default values for the driver, and using another software to change fan speed will override the one set in the BIOS. You also have to make sure your card is not overheating with reduced fan speed.

Boot Settings Tab

And then we are at the last Tab which is all about the Boot Settings of the BIOS. This controls several parameters that will be shown or used while booting and to initiate the graphics card when the system is starting up.

So what options to we have in this section of NiBiTor and what can be changed:

• OEM Signon: Let's you edit the signon message placed in your BIOS by your card vendor. In case it contains important type of information of your card, write that info down before changing the message, it my serve you at one day.

• Adv Signon: Here you can edit the OEM message together with the version and NVIDIA string. Please note that when altering the BIOS version, the version will not be displayed correctly in the older NiBiTor versions. Again write down important information before you alter them. In the Adv Signon the boot messages are rearranged on applying to provide more space for characters, note that this is experimental. For short text messages it is recommended just to use OEM Signon.

That's it for the two different Signon message editing that can be done but some other options are as well available to be altered:

• Display Boot Messages: If this is unchecked, none of the messages are displayed on bootup. This means no Signon about the graphics card will be made available while you start up your PC.
• Display Memory Size: Displays the amount of memory on the graphics card during bootup, if activated.
• Engineering Release: Displays a string "Engineering Release" on bootup.
• Skip DDC Scanning: This forces the card to not scan the DDC of the monitor. The DDC (Display Data Channel) is used for the monitor to send details of its capabilities to the computer.
• Force Adapter Scaling: A bootup display option given by NVIDIA, this might help resolving some monitor issues.
• Non-Native Panel Control: Another bootup display option provided by NVIDIA, might help some people with monitor problems.
• Sideband Addressing: This option can be used to switch Sideband Addressing (SBA) or Sidebanding on or off.
• FastWrites: Can be used to switch FastWrites on and off. Sideband Addressing and Fastwrites are options on AGP Systems to increase cards performance slightly, but can also cause instability. Note that often you can also disable these in your ForceWare driver or mainboard BIOS.
• TV Mode: As the TV output signal is different for US and Europe, this box will let you select which one you prever. The options that are available are NTSC (US) and PAL (Europe).