I already updated my guide with respect to X.M.P. .... Once more thanks for the constructive reminder !
Not it reads:
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After Updating System time and System Date, enable X.M.P for your DDR4 modules. Don't forget to enable the EZ XMP Switch previously to this step on your ASUS Mainboard! Subsequently switch form the easy to the advanced ASUS BIOS Setup mode by pressing F7.
As I said... I basically forgot to update and mention this basic requirement subsequently in my guide. The included picture was misleading without any bad intention and originated from a very early setup of my build. Thus the guide was indeed wrong and not complete at this place! One more many thanks for your constructive reminder!
You are of course welcome.
Please accept some other advice:
To improve the readability of your guides, avoid the use of "previously" and "subsequently" within steps of the guide. I'm not specifically talking about those two words, but instead about "temporal relocation". It can make an otherwise simple sequence of steps confusing for new hackers. Image a cooking recipe where the author kept talking about things that would be required when cooking, during description of ingredient preparation, and left out important prep points until the description of cooking. It is like watching one of those awful movies where the timeline keeps jumping forward and backward - "flash backs" and "flash forwards". Instead I recommend a simple sequence (1, 2, 3, ...) perhaps broken into major sections as you have done (eg Prerequisites, BIOS, Creating Installation Media, First Boot, ...).
Also:
- avoid external references to (or worse, dependencies upon) other guides;
- avoid mixing talk of upgrade/clean install (these should be separate guides);
- avoid waffle about your future aims; and
- avoid celebrating your own achievement (if you do this others will take care of that for you).
All of these things detract from the readability that would otherwise result in more acclaim for your guide (if that is your goal).
Most important of all - particularly given the history, fragmentation, constant change and general user experience level of this endeavour (and other fora) -
ALWAYS explain succinctly
WHY you are advising a particular step be performed or configuration option be selected so that it is clear that the step is indeed necessary and so people with slightly different situations can judge for themselves if those actions are appropriate to their circumstances. It will greatly improve the value of your guides to a wider audience.
