BIOS
MV hasn't tinkered at all with the SN95G5's BIOS; every parameter is left to default. That's not to say that you can't manually change each setting for increased performance. CPU FSB speeds range from 200MHz-280MHz, and inputting explicit AGP speeds effectively function as a bus-locking measure.
Again, settings in the DRAM configuration screen are left to default. The strange aspect is that default parameters, according to CPU-Z, are 3-3-3-8 @ DDR400 speeds. That's not making the most out of the 2-3-2-6-rated Corsair RAM, but it seems more of a Shuttle SPD-detection problem than anything else.
Here's where MV and Shuttle score well. You have a range of CPU fan speeds to choose from. Smart Fan is usually the best in most cases. You can set a CPU temperature tag of anywhere between 30-60c, and the fan speed rises, gradually, above the 900RPM default when the set temperature is exceeded. I found that a CPU temperature tag of 40c was sufficient to keep the fan spinning at the slowest speed, even when the system was under load. That's evidence of both how well the cooler works and just how cool 90nm Athlon 64s are. System temperature consistenly hovered 20c above the CPU's, suggesting that the latter is probably being under-read. In Windows environment, NVIDIA's temperature-reporting tab showed the GeForce 6800 GT idling at between 50-55c and rising to 65-75c when under strenuous 3D load, which is well below the card's operating tolerance and core shutdown threshold.
A slight FSB overclock.
