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.
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Wireless Keyboard vs. Quick Startup: USB Legacy Support
A while back I decided to switch to an SSD for my OS storage for the speed boost. At the same time I realised that the majority of time it takes for my PC to start up, was due to hanging PRIOR to ...
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Is possible to boot on PXE over a WiFi device?
As I know it is possible to boot up some bootable images (like Linux, Clonezilla, management applications and others) over a PXE (Preboot Execution Environment) server with an Ethernet device (802.3).
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Asus Zenbook UX31E BIOS has “forgotten” password
Few days ago my relatives were complaining they can't access their Asus Zenbook UX31E laptop, because it didn't accept HDD lock password. Since all passwords (Windows account, BIOS user and master, ...
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How to prevent an SSD from disappearing from BIOS
I've only recently upgraded my old machine to a new one with a brand new 60gb SSD as my boot drive and a 1TB main drive.
Paranoid about completely breaking my SSD, I read up on a lot of issues that I ...
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What is the difference in “Boot with BIOS” and “Boot with UEFI”
Now Windows 8 supports the UEFI bootloader and I have read that its different from the BIOS, but it's unclear to me after many searches on the Google.
Some points in mind are below
As we all know, ...
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Changed graphic card firmware to latest version but my sound car disabled and didn't work
I have below device:
CPU : Intel 3570k
RAM: 8GB DDR3 1600
Mainboard: ASUS P8Z77-V Deluxe (with latest version of BIOS)
Power: Green 685
VGA: AMD 5970
When I changed BIOS of AMD 5979 to latest ...
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XPC Shuttle SH67H3: Unable to access bios screen
I set some setting in my bios for 'quickboot' or something like that and now I am unable to press the del key (or any key for that matter) to get back into the bios. Has anyone experienced this? Any ...
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BIOS not detecting working SATA hard drive
Some time ago my power supply died. It's a long story from then till now, but the important bit is that I ended up with a new hard drive and a new power supply. I tested to see if my original hard ...
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Computer powers off a second or two after being powered on unless
I have a computer with 2 SATA HDD and an abit KN9 motherboard.
If I set the CMOS jumper to the clear position, and if I disconnect one or both of the HDD, then my computer powers on --- at least it ...
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Laptop freezes before/during post
I have an Asus K70AB which has had an issue for a while. When it boots, there's a chance it'll freeze for an indefinite time before it seems to start doing anything. What it will do is:
The lights ...
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Adaptec ASR-7805 bios password
I would like to set the password for Adaptec ASR-7805 BIOS utility, which you access by pressing CTRL+A, right when the system boots, in order to prevent possibility of unauthorized access for ...
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How to enable UEFI in Lenovo y570? [closed]
How I can enable EFI/UEFI boot in a Lenovo y570 laptop with a InsydeH2O BIOS?
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How to install or reset BIOS on acer aspire 5743z-4836?
I recently bought Acer Aspire 5743z-4836 laptop and it worked fine until today.
Tried to reinstall the operating system. It just black screened with Acer logo after reinstallation and doesn't load ...
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Bios password protection
I have my system on drive C: and also I have all my important folders on drive D:. I want to lock this drive with a password. Any advice?
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Slow POST after resetting BIOS
After I did a BIOS reset (by taking out the CMOS battery and putting it back in), every time I boot now, POST takes ages. Not necessarily the POST itself, but it will stay stuck on "Loading Operating ...
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Not Booting: One short beep at first and one more after all device checks
There is the correct one short beep before POST (which is the expected behavior as per the motherboard manual). The problem is once it says it has found the HDD etc, it gives one more short beep and ...
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Undetectable graphic card
Windows does not detect my graphic card. It worked under windoow 8 but since I formatted and installed windows 7 the card is undetectable. I have the STANDARD VGA ADAPTER card as if my card was the ...
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Older Medion PC MD 8820 ignores BIOS boot order and F8 Boot commands, goes straigt into faulty windows
I'm currently trying to "fix" an older Medion Dekstop. A PC MD 8820 to be specific.
Whenever the machine starts the boot process, it will ignore the boot sequence I've set up in the BIOS, and even if ...
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How to know if my BIOS supports UEFI?
I recently bought a new Dell notebook for my girlfriend and I want to know if the computer comes with a UEFI BIOS, unfortunately I didnt find any information in the manual or on Windows, is there some ...
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BIOS update validation?
I have downloaded a BIOS update for the Shuttle XH61. In the description field on the download page it says "Checksum : BC33h".
I want to confirm that the BIOS update is valid, but I can't find out ...
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Did a video kill my motherboard? Can re-use hard drive in a new build? [closed]
For the first time over the past weekend I downloaded a video from a torrent website. It had the most seeds and I had never had problems before so I figured it would be okay. The video was fine no ...
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How to auto-boot Debian instead of Windows
I've been working in the computer's lab of my college, and one of the tasks that my director told me was to auto start each computer with Debian. Each computer has:
-Windows 7.
-Debian.
And when ...
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GigaByte doesn't boot after power-on, but does after reset
I've got a pc based on a gigabyte ga-p35-ds3p motherboard with a weird boot problem.
The machine was working perfectly but after being in storage for about 6 weeks it fails to boot correctly ...
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How to install UEFI BIOS?
I have bought Seagate Barracuda 3tb hard drive. When I start to install windows 8 x64 on that it tells me that
Windows cannot be installed on this disk. The selected disk is of the GPT partition ...
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Do modern GPU/CPU's contain a fail-safe for overheating or is it in the BIOS?
I'm curious about a couple things concerning thermal integrity of a CPU(Intel, AMD, etc) and where the monitoring occurs. Do all CPU's have a thermal sensor or is the sensor located outside the CPU on ...
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BIOS is broken (?)
So I think I've broken my BIOS.
A while ago I've had some problems woth my laptop. After a lot of tries I've figured out that it was the RAM damaged. I had to replace it. But when I was trying stuff ...
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Virtual Machine in 'VMware Fusion 2' wont detect DVD drive
My current setup is a first-gen MacbookPro with a broken dvd drive (taken out).
I'm using an external usb dvd drive which is confirmed to be functional (can mount and read) on both the Macbook using ...
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My desktop computer has broken after overclocking
I overclocked my desktop from 3.6 to 4.2 in the BIOS, it's an ASUS motherboard and it's an AMD Radeon Graphics card. Now when I turn on my desktop, the screen is just blank. It's not the screen, when ...
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Cannot enter BIOS due to broken screen
Lately my laptop(hp g42 247sb) screen is damaged, so I hook it up with a external monitor(LG something) and it works fine now.
But the only annoying thing is I cannot navigate the BIOS menu for some ...
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How to tell if windows 7 installer boot in EFI or BIOS?
I have a windows 7 64bit installation USB. I want to know if the windows 7 installer has booted into EFI or BIOS mode.
I googled and found a solution here ...
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Can't Boot from USB - even with Bios set correctly
I can't boot from USB even though the BIOS is set to boot from USB first. Windows Boot manager somehow seems to be taking precedence. I have Windows 7, Linux Mint and Ubuntu installed on my ...
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Augmented battery make the BIOS block
I've bought a new battery for my notebook, an old AMILO Li 2727, but when it is plugged in and I try to turn on the laptop, the BIOS blocks. If I remove it and restart the computer,
it works ...
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LENOVO desktop computer only boot with F12
I have a new desktop computer: a LENOVO model 3493-BFG with Windows 8.
I started the computer without any problem. Once Windows was automatically set up, I created a recovery media (an USB ...
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Laptop doesn't boot
I have couple years old Packard bell easynote ts11-hr-777nc. Recently I had serious overheating problems so I opened the laptop and removed the dust (there wasn't alot).
Now when I press the power ...
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How do I properly dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 7 on an UEFI system?
I have an HP Z210 with Windows 7, which is UEFI based. I'd like to dual boot it to Ubuntu 11.10 with GRUB2, but am having problems due to the UEFI. The install CD goes to the end, but then the ...
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Laptop Screen Only Runs External In Bios
My laptop screen runs blank.
I sent it to get fixed and it came back working okay for a day now it has broken again. I took it back and he said he was unsure, possibly motherboard or screen issue. ...
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Dell Inspiron 14r doesn't boot
I have a Dell Inspiron that doesn't seem to get past the initial POST - it turns on and displays the logo, and the loading bar fills about 60%, but can't boot into the OS, enter Setup (F2), or display ...
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No discs found when trying to install Windows 8 with UEFI
I have a Vizio Notebook (CN15-A5). It came pre-installed with Windows 8 x64 and is taking advantage of UEFI out of the box. The BIOS (APTOS AMI) is in Secure Boot mode with the OS selected as "Windows ...
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Not booting from Hard Drive
I have just installed windows XP on my P4 system,
I have changed boot priority to my hard drive
but whenever I try to reboot, it automatically search for CD, if any CD is there, then its OK ...
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Upgraded BIOS, didn't let it boot up completely, ended up beeping
I'm doing maintenance on a HP DC7100 Small Form Factor.
After reinstalling Windows XP on the machine, installed all the drivers I then decided to upgrade the BIOS firmware.
It all went well, but, by ...
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Can't start computer, it only boots into BIOS update
My son has a Compaq Presario computer running on Windows 7 and he has brought it down to me cause it's 'not working'.
When I start up the computer I get a HP BIOS update that fails and keeps ...
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Hard drive not detected after installing the Operating System
After I failed to install SUSE Linux 10.0, I want to go back to the windows operating system again. but when I want to install windows, my hard drive is not detected, whereas in the BIOS in the ...
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Disabling BIOS error without graphics card
I've recently inherited an old HP M7000, and decided to make a headless server out of it. My only problem is, that the included motherboard (Asus P5LP-LE) does not have an integrated graphics card, ...
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PC power supply & normal range for voltages reported in BIOS hardware monitor?
I'm trying to diagnose whether my computer has an ample power supply. Sometimes when I play a video-intensive game, both monitors lose the video signal, even though the computer remains on and sound ...
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Laptop boots to white grey lines; BIOS doesn't display properly but can boot [closed]
Hardware specs:
ACER 5742G (Core i3 380m, optimus with Nvidia GT540M)
Replaced primary HDD with Samsung 256GB 830 SSD
Replaced CD drive with primary HDD (WD Scorpion Blue, 640GB)
Lspci output ...
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Linux on UEFI - how to reboot to bios setup screen like Windows 8 can?
No longer do we press a certain key during the boot process to reveal the BIOS – instead, an option to access the BIOS is located in Windows 8’s boot options menu... If you’re just here to access ...
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Pre-boot error message: DIMM configuration error
Whenever I start my PC I get the following error message
DUAL CHANNEL OPERATION REQUIRES IDENTICAL PAIRED DIMMA INSTALLED ACROSS BOTH MEMORY CHANNELS
BIOS HAS DETECTED A NON OPTIMAL MEMORY ...
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BIOS doesn't detect USB CD-DVD
I have a GIGABYTE w566 laptop, and I do not know how to find out what my Intell Chipset is, and my problem actually is that at boot time my computer does not detect the USB LG (super-multi) CD-DVD ...
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What's the difference between an OROM driver and a “regular” driver?
What's the difference between an OROM driver ("option-ROM") and a "regular" Windows-level driver?
I see a lot of chatter amidst the BIOS-modding community about OROM drivers (modules?) and ...
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What's the difference between these Intel components?
What's the difference between the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (RST) and Intel Chipset software (and INF update utility)?
