The BIOS (basic input/output system) of an IBM-compatible PC is a ROM which performs the POST (power-on self-test), initializes the peripheral devices, and provides a basic firmware interface. See also boot bootloader startup efi
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Removing Password from BIOS [closed]
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Reset or remove the BIOS password on my laptop
I want to reach a computer's BIOS settings, but the BIOS is password protected. I've lost the password.
Is there any way ...
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Random crashes and beeps
Lately I've been hearing some beeps from my computer speaker. Usually when playing games.
The beeps are like beep beep beep (3 short beeps) and repeated 3 times.
To be clear:
beep beep beep ... beep ...
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Computer won't start when connecting SATA HDD
I just bough a new HDD some time ago and recently i bought another SATA cable to have both HDDs connected at the same time, to transfer all the files from the older one to the newer.
When i connected ...
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Can a motherboard BIOS profile be used to disable devices?
Can a mobo BIOS profile be used to disable devices?
I want to have a RAID configuration on two drives, but then I have a non-RAID IDE drive I also want to boot from. My idea is to have two different ...
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Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 undetected by BIOS
I just mounted a new system few weeks ago. To make a short story, I had an old external IOMagic drive that I decided to put in my system for backup. The hard drive is a Barracuda 7200.10 250 GB with a ...
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Boot from Hard Drive via USB but not directly?
I'm having a bizarre problem, and it seems I'm not alone.
On a Dell Latitude 13, I get the error message "internal hard disk drive not found" during POST.
Yet, if I take the very same hard drive and ...
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System Turning off, when power on? (Intel 101D MB, Intel Dual Core, Windows 7 32-bit)
I Cleaned my system multiple times in past, today also i did the same thing. When i try to Power on my System, i am able to see the Intel Processor Boot screen(able to hear Beap sound) and after 1min ...
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Dell Vostro suddenly giving “No TPM or TPM has…” message on boot
(Original question title was Dell Vostro suddenly giving "No TPM or TPM has problem" message on boot" but I was pinged by the stack exchange style police for having the word "problem" in my title!)
I ...
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2.1TB limit on BIOS?
While checking out this 3TB 7200RPM drive as a candidate for my hardware RAID array, I saw the product video and at about 1:40 into the video, the guy says that BIOS can't handle more than 2.1TB of ...
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Toshiba L655D-S5066 laptop wireless intermittent
I am working on a Toshiba L655D-S5066 laptop, with Realtek inside. I believe it was working fine for a long time, but not is seems intermittent.
When you turn the unit on, there is an LED on the ...
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GRUB, `device.map` and BIOS drives
I am exchanging hard drives in my computer fairly often, and it seems to have an adverse effect on the computers ability to boot. I'm aware of the boot order in the BIOS and I make sure that the drive ...
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PCIe graphics card “strapping” to set link speed
this might be a really overly specific question but I'm asking it anyway. I'm a co-op student currently working at AMD and I'm having trouble figuring out an instruction in my training documents which ...
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Trying to switch from IDE to SATA with Win 7-64 already installed
I have been reading some very informative articles on changing over to ACHI from SATA drivers after Windows 7 been installed.
Well, I am trying to switch an Asus M487TD/USB3 board Dual booted with ...
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Major Issue with Asus M4A78T-E Bios
I am having major issues with my bios and I have tried three different forums in hopes that there is someone out there that can help me....
The issue is that every single time I turn off my computer, ...
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Computer won't boot with any other hard drive but the one it currently has
Some background
The PC in question is a P4, custom built with an Intel D945PVS motherboard.
I built it back in 2006 and its hard drive died once, and I replaced it with another hard drive of the ...
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How to get ASUS UEFI BIOS EZ Mode utility on my asus laptop?
i have asus laptop with the following specs:
Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
Model K53SC (CPU 1)
Version 1.0
Chipset Vendor IntelBIOS
Brand American Megatrends Inc.
Version K53SC.208
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hard drive Password setup in BIOS - How to use?
I want to use the hard drive Password feature in the BIOS on my Asus 1015-pe netbook but the manual mentions nothing about that feature or anything within the BIOS.
BIOS Options:
Hard Disk Security
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How to boot from DVD when BIOS doesn't seem to give the option to change the boot source?
Have just bought a 2nd hand PC with Windows 7 Ultimate installed.
I want to boot off DVD, but when the DVD is in the drive Windows still boots up. I hit < f2 > to get into the BIOS menu, and it ...
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How can I configure BIOS to boot-up automatically at a particular time?
The code sandbox is huge (including support libraries and stuff it is several hundred MB). The initial checkout+build procedure takes close to 45 minutes. A script executes the download+build ...
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X200 Tablet notebook won't start after BIOS Update
I have LENOVO X200 Tablet and I ran the BIOS Update and the computer won't start after the BIOS update. When I ran the BIOS update utility it ran everything fine and asked to restart
the computer but ...
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OSX Lion in VMWare Player [closed]
I've downloaded a Mac OSX VMWare configuration file, and so far everything went well - except that it hangs at the start screen. The manual tells me I have to disable hardware assisted virtualization ...
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Can Adaptec's MaxCache and/or LSI's CacheCade SSD Caching solutions be set up from the BIOS alone?
Context:
I'm speccing out a server for work, and one of the requirements is that it will have a bunch of SATA HDDs RAID 5-ed together. We need some sort of SSD caching solution for high performance, ...
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Motherboard battery and clock
my girlfriend just built her new PC on her own. Everything is fine except that the motherboard (890GX Pro3) doesn't remember settings, boot preferences and datetime every time she turn the power ...
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Updating BIOS for Linux
Does anyone know a reliable guide to reinstall or update BIOS from flash drive having a computer running under Linux OS?
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How do I know which ram timings are correct?
I bought this RAM for one of my systems. The BIOS (latest version for this mobo) has automatically set the timings for 9-9-9-24 1T. This passes memtest86+ fine (10 passes overnight.
Earlier versions ...
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Optiplex can't find SATA III Controller
I just purchased a HighPoint Rocket 620 Storage controller- Serial ATA-600- 600 MBps (OEM version) and a OWC SSD:
For some reason, my Dell Optiplex 755 bios sees this card as a storage device ...
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Windows 7 x64 with RAM volume 4GB hangs on when file upload in Java servlet is started
It is actually not the coding but mostly configuration question. I have :
Windows 7 x64
ASUS P5KC motherboard
GeForce 6800 GT
RAM 4GB
Previously i had 2 slots of RAM memory by 1GB and all worked ...
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Where's the BIOS on an Intel Mac?
When I use my laptop, I have no trouble at all accessing the BIOS and changing things like the boot order.
However I recently got an iMac and have found that not only do the usual keys not get me to ...
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P8Z68-V PRO BIOS output gone after switching to HDMI inputs on monitors
I have a newly built machine with an ASUS P8Z68-V PRO MB, ASUS GeFore 210 Silent video card and Windows 7 Prof. Everything configured fine upon install with the output from the 210 going to two Dell ...
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dg33bu + nVidia 210 weird issue
I have an old system with intel DG33BU. It has variety of issues now.
Its IDE port do not work anymore
Realtek audio rear port got short circuited.
Front audio panel do not work
Now it has started ...
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Trying to install OS to new computer; Won't detect HDD
Mobo: Biostar th67+
CPU: i3 2100
GPU: AMD 6850 (using integrated right now)
PSU: Antec 400 Watts
HDD: 80gb Deskstar IDE + external seagate
I am trying to install Windows 7. My problem is that it ...
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Windows 7 x64 is not installing driver for Das Keyboard
This is the Professional Model S. No need for drivers as it's plug and play, according to company. Here is what I have done up to now:
Windows 7 x64 tries to install drivers but fails.
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Enable Virtualisation on Asus P5QL Pro
I recently ran into a problem similar to “CPU is not compatible with 64 bit mode” error trying to install Windows 7 (64 Bit) on VirtualBox. I am running 64 bit ubuntu 10.04 ltsand I can't install ...
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BIOS Error after update [closed]
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Windows 7 0x0000007B
After updating the BIOS I've received this error, and I can't enter Windows now.
How can I fix this problem? Is there a recovery or patch?
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How can I enable hardware virtualization when it has been locked in my Dell Vostro 220 PC?
I need help in unlocking my Dell Vostro 220 hardware virtualization.
I ran SecurAble and it gave me the results below:
64-bit Maximum Word Length
Hardware D.E.P --- YES
Hardware ...
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Toshiba Satellite C655-S5225 bios reset/remove [closed]
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Bypass BIOS password set by faulty Toshiba firmware on Satellite A55-S1065 laptop?
I am helping my cousin, with getting her laptop backup and running and it appears her ...
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ThinkPad W500 series using FireGL V5700 Graphics Card trouble setting it
I've recently needed to actually set the discrete graphics on my W500...Before it came with Vista and you could do the switchgraphics thingie...then I went to a Win 7 Professional and didn't even ...
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how can I make a USB stick bootable in EFI
I have a MacBook and I would like to check out Fedora. I have created a bootable USB stick with UNetbootin, but it won't boot on my mac. It does on a friends PC (win7). I think this has to do with ...
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Custom Built Computer - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.10 Install Fails
I just built a computer with the following:
Gigabyte Z68A Motherboard
Corsair Force GT 180GB SSD
GeForce GT430 Graphics card
Corsair TX750 Watt Power supply
Intel i5 CPU
My problem when trying to ...
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Intel DH61AG CPU, fans, and voltages not reading in BIOS
I'm looking for the cause and/or fix of an issue when during start up of the DH61AG board the fans go full speed as they normally do but stay at full speed rather than slowing. In the BIOS the PC ...
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Why does my laptop freeze up a few minutes after the power cable is disconnected?
If the computer is running on wall-power and power cable is then disconnected, which sometimes happens accidentally, the computer will freeze up within a few minutes unless I notice and quickly ...
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Desktop bios “After Power Failure” setting behavior
I know what the bios setting does but I have seen 2 different behaviors when this "After Power Failure" setting is set to "power on"
Here are my main questions,
does the bios know if the PC was ...
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Can value for win32_computersystemproduct be changed?
I have a need to change win32_computersystemproduct property values to something other than what they are set to right now under Windows 7 in a Parallels VM on a Mac.
Can someone point me in right ...
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Inadvertently entered a password into the BIOS and now I can't use my laptop
I was trying to fix my computer and I was doing all sorts of stuff in the BIOS when I ended up putting a password on my system. Now when I turn my laptop on, it asks for a password right away before I ...
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Computer does not automatically boot from the hard disk
When I start my computer, it does not boot from the hard disk. When I select "hard disk" by pressing F10 while booting, it correctly boots to Windows.
I have a DG41RQ board and a SATA hardisk.
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Laptop booting frozen [closed]
A friend's laptop is having problems booting after she attempted to clean it (with compressed air). I can enter the BIOS to change settings and bootup devices but I can never make it any further than ...
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Mouse and keyboard (possibly usb in general) not working after BIOS update
I just installed version 8 of the BIOS of the gigabyte ga-ma790xt-ud4p motherboard. After rebooting, my razer diamondback mouse and razer lycosa keyboard refused to work. I didn't have the time to ...
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Updating the Sony Vaio BIOS - how do I know if I have Microsoft BitLocker?
I've got a new Sony Vaio that wants to update its BIOS and then it asks me whether I have Microsoft BitLocker. I don't think so but I want to make sure and maybe you can help me? Could Microsoft ...
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Macbook (refit triple boot) always in powersaving mode under linux, is it the bios?
I have a macbook pro with a triple boot with refit and mac/debian/win7, It worked fine for a while.
But now, when I'm in the refit menu or on debian, the screen is always on power-saving mode (like ...
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USB boot and newer BIOS and firmware
Is it safe to say that most newer (x64 2010+) desktop BIOS from major manufacturers can be configured for USB boot?
I'd like to be able to boot from USB for GParted 10, Windows 7 pro, and Ghost 2003+ ...
