Updating your Intel SSD firmware for better performance

by Wim Bervoets on March 14, 2011

We’ve just posted our first Wim’s BIOS video on YouTube! In the video we show step-by-step how to update the firmware of your Intel SSD (Solid State Drive)
The newest release adds some performance improvements in the NCQ area, so it’s a good idea to update to squeeze the best performance out of your drive!



The firmware update essentially boils down to the following steps:

  1. Download the Intel SSD firmware ISO file
  2. Burn the ISO file to a CD. (preferably a CDRW or DVD-RW so you’ll be able to reuse the CD again for other purposes)
  3. Boot your PC from the CD
  4. Follow the instructions to flash the new SSD firmware to your drive
  5. Reboot and enjoy :-)

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Wimsbios.com now on VPS and CDN hosting

by Wim Bervoets on October 5, 2010

Wimsbios.com is now hosted on its own cloud infrastructure (VPS). Together with CDN technology for the static parts of the site, the performance has been improved greatly! Let us know how fast the site loads at your end!

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10 common mistakes you should avoid when flashing your BIOS

September 23, 2008

TechRepublic has posted an interesting article on their blog about flashing your BIOS. 10 common mistakes are identified which you should avoid when flashing your BIOS. One of the most important ones is the first: Misidentification of your motherboard manufacturer/model/revision number. A must-read before flashing your BIOS!

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AMD 790FX chipset id

December 4, 2007

After the Intel X38 chipset we’ve now added the first motherboard identification strings for the AMD 790FX chipset. (which supports AMD Phenom AM2 processors) The chipset can be identified by the 6A66A Award chipset code as shown below: 11/29/2007-RD790-SB600-6A66AG01C-00 This code is used for the Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DQ6 (PCB: 1.0) motherboard. Check our AMD 790FX chipset [...]

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Intel X38 chipset BIOS IDs

November 28, 2007

We’ve added the first BIOS IDs for the newest Intel X38 chipset on our Award BIOS ID’s page The chipset can be identified by the 6A79O Award chipset code as shown below: 10/30/2007-X38-ICH9-6A79OG0QC-00 This code is used for the Gigabyte X38-DQ6 motherboard. Check our Intel X38 chipset page for more BIOS IDs.

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Asrock bios upgrades added

August 2, 2007

We’ve added a new page about Asrock BIOS upgrades on Wim’s BIOS. You can find a list of AMI motherboard identification strings to identify your Asrock motherboard as well as links to the official site. Check out our Asrock BIOS upgrades page! PS: More motherboard identification strings will be added in the near future!

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Compaq/HP A8AE-LE BIOS v3.14

July 22, 2007

People using the Compaq/HP A8AE-LE motherboard may have noticed very slow performance with BIOS v3.13 (the latest version available on the HP site) due to the system taking 60% to 100% of CPU cycles even at idle time. BIOS v3.14 fixes this problem, but is unfortunately not yet available. Edwin, one of the moderators at [...]

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Vote Top5 of new features on Wim’s BIOS site!

April 11, 2007

Wim’s BIOS Page is now online for more then 11 years, but it is still alive and kicking in 2007 While we’re now mainly focussing on adding AMI and Award BIOS Identification strings we have a lot of future ideas for the site. Please let us know what you think is still missing on the [...]

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List of AMD 690G/V chipset motherboards

March 8, 2007

We’ve added the first BIOS IDs for the newest AMD 690G chipset on our Award BIOS ID’s page The chipset can be identified by the 6A669 Award chipset code as shown below: 03/06/2007-RS690-SB600-6A669J19C-00 This code is used for the Jetway M2A692-GHG / M2A692-GDG / M2A692-VP motherboard. We’ll be updating our AMD 690G/V page with new [...]

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How to replace integrated chipsets’ video bios with a newer one?

February 1, 2007

As you may know, PCI/AGP and PCI-Express video cards use their own BIOS apart from the mainboard’s BIOS to enable their capabilities. A lesser known fact is that motherboards which use integrated VGA chipsets also have a video BIOS, but here it is stored inside the main motherboards BIOS as a module. As on every [...]

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