Questions tagged [bios]
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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The HDD isn’t shown in Ubuntu terminal and disk utility application
▼ My Environment
OS : Ubuntu 20.04 in SSD (I also tested Ubuntu 22.04)
Hard Disk : Western Digital Hard Disk 10TB (model : WUS721010ALE6L4)
Main Board : supported AHCI technology.
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When ...
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No BIOS boot options
Today out of the blue, I encountered the following problem: whenever I turn on the pc, it goes directly to the BIOS instead of opening GRUB. The problem is that it doesn't show any drive in the boot ...
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Lenovo B50 OS windows7 need USB to boot every time
I am facing a strange problem. I installed Windows 7 on my laptop (From DVD) after installation system did not boot just Lenovo and the black screen again and again.
I re-installed Windows from a ...
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How to unlock HP BIOS advanced option
My HP Pavilion laptop's BIOS is locked out by the manufacturer, preventing me from installing Linux. In the past,when I attempted to install Linux on my other laptop I had to turn off Intel RST and ...
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Bootable device not recognised when connected to a USB 3.1 port
I have an external SSD that I'm trying to boot Hackintosh(macOS) on my laptop Acer Aspire 7 A715-75G but the SSD or any other device that I connect like USB its not recognised. But if I connected it ...
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Asus (Hero VIII) BIOS TPM stopped working
I have installed windows 10 on this PC a few times and upgraded to windows 11 once but now its not seeing the TPM settings
System Info
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How do I recover my windows install from a read only locked hard drive?
My windows 10 PC recently crashed pretty badly (I'm not sure what caused it). When I re-booted it, the windows boot manager no longer appeared as a bootable device. After a lot of troubleshooting, I ...
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Can't back to default UEFI BIOS - Thinkpad T480
May you help me with the following:
I switched to Legacy mode to install a stand-alone Linux on my Thinkpad T480. I didn't succeed to Back to default UEFI BIOS (the relevant entries in BIOS are greyed ...
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BIOS message about electrical fault after not plugging in router properly on same 4-plug extension
When I first set up this system (bought new in 2022) I had the computer, monitor, speakers, and router plugged into one four-plug power extension. I didn't realise, but the router was only half ...
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Where is status data stored when going to sleep mode in Windows?
When I click the Start button, select Power/sleep, where is the current state of computer stored: RAM, CMOS, or HDD?
When in sleep mode, I switch off power supply, remove hdd1(where the old OS is), ...
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After I upgraded to DDR4-3200 32 GB on a MAG X570 MSI, I'm getting a double beep... but everything works fine
This is a strange situation for me.
I'm building a machine for my wife, and since it uses a compatible motherboard (identical except MPG instead of MAG), I'm also passing my old DDR4-2400 to her and ...
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Boot mode set to Legacy support but Windows system information shows UEFI
So I have a Lenovo g50-80 having a i3 4005u and I knew that my laptop has UEFI based Windows 10 as the drive is GPT when checked from disk management but to my surprise when I checked my bios options ...
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Integrated CMOS battery, how can I reset BIOS?
So to explain, I have a Lenovo Thinkpad x13 Yoga Gen 1 with integrated CMOS battery.
My problem is, I don't have the BIOS password.
Recently Lenovo released an update (Firmware update on windows) ...
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Asus ROG GL752V Laptop stuck at Logo, wont POST, can't access to BIOS
I've been having this problem after updating my laptops windows, when I turn it on, it won't go past the asus logo and I can't access to the BIOS either, I disassembled it and disconnected everything ...
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bios won't load on laptop (110-15acl)
On my laptop (lenovo 110-15acl) there is a special button next to the stub that allows you to boot into the BIOS, boot manager, etc. I always used it to boot into BIOS, however this time I also ...
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Lenovo SR530 Server turns off abruptly and unexpectedly and won't turn on unless I reconnect power
so I just got a Lenovo SR530 Server for hosting a web-based program on or a medical facility, nothing too fancy but just to help run the business a bit easier and give better access to data storage ...
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Bootloop behavior for Win10 installation or Win10 install media
I have a Win10 system I've been using without any issues for ~2.5 years. The mobo is ASUS ROG Crosshair VIII Hero Wifi. The CPU is Ryzen 3950x.
Last week I had a weird occurrence where the system ...
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Ssd not recognised by bios
I tried to install my samsung 970 evo plus from my old laptop into my pc but it doesn't show up on bios and windows. I reinstalled it into my laptop and it worked fine. My ssd is compatible with my ...
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Windows 10 installation not booting from USB: "Reboot and select proper boot device ..."
I'm trying to install Win 10 from a 128 GB USB stick, without success.
When the PC starts, this is what I see right after ASUS logo etc.:
Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in ...
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Hard drive detected but OS doesn't boot up (both Linux and Win10/11) from it
BIOS (GIGABYTE B550M Pro-p rev 1.0) detects both my NVME SSD and bootable usb fine.
I have Arch Linux installed on my NVME and Ventoy on the USB (holds Arch and Win 10/11 ISOs).
When I select either ...
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PC needs to reset bios every time it starts
EVERY TIME I start my custom built PC this appears. I have no clue at all but it may have something to do with a win11 update.
To boot into windows, I'll have to go into bios by F1, load my saved ...
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What is rav endpoint protection in an old legacy set of bios,mine just says ravs
From what I understand is uefi is the new version of bios @nd legacy is the old blue screen just like legacy usb is the old 2.0 sub,and yes if your firmware supports uefi you can boot versions of ...
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Failed memory address
I'm getting the 'Non-system disk or disk error' message on an HP620 (circa 2011, dual core) after loading with Ubuntu.
Running the 'Startup Test' from the HP 'System Diagnostics' gives:
Failed memory ...
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Trying to access BIOS, machine boots too fast to enter it, OS is broken?
I cannot access BIOS as the computer never shows Logo on boot now.
The system is Lenovo Thinkcentre, I7, 8 gig ram, 2 hard drives run through drive selector. The system has never seen both drives at ...
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Windows UUID Does not match motherboard (digits are shuffled)
I have a few laptops with Windows 10 installed and I can use
(Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_ComputerSystemProduct).UUID in PowerShell
to get each machine's UUID. What's interesting is that the UUID I get ...
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Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Does Not Boot Into Ubuntu
I have a Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R (Rev 2) with BIOS FA that I want to install Ubuntu on. I have a 3.5" SATA drive from another machine with that version of Ubuntu on it, but instead of booting after ...
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What steps should I take to format my SSD to ensure that malware is removed?
Recently, I was subject to being hacked. I tried to wipe Windows and delete the old Windows files after re-installing, but I feel a rootkit was installed and hidden from Norton scans. I randomly ...
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Windows no longer boots after converting boot disk from MBR to GPT and back to MBR
First my system (as it is now):
Gigabyte Z690 Gaming X DDR4 (BIOS Version F8b)
Intel i7-12700F
32GB Corsair memory
Windows 10 Pro with all updates
Samsung 840 EVO 250GB (as boot drive)
Samsung 870 ...
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Is is possible to achieve reliable BIOS updating using DELL Command | Update command line options in silent mode?
We use the CLI (dcu-cli.exe) of DELL Command | Update to update our DELL Latitude and OptiPlex machines in silent mode. Driver and app updates do work perfectly but BIOS updates are often left out. ...
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Unable to boot a fresh Windows 10 installation on M.2 NVMe
not sure where to ask this. Im struggling to boot/finish installation of Windows 10 on my SSD Crucial 500GB M.2 PCIe Gen4 NVMe P5 Plus - installed in slot M_2_3
MOBO: ASRock > B660 Pro RS
I've ...
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How to recover from a black screen after BIOS update?
I am using a Lenovo Ideapad 5 15ALC05 and a few days ago I had a notification from Lenovo Vantage that there was a BIOS and some drivers updates, ready to be installed. Normally, I am always sceptic ...
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How to get boot from USB only when present to work on Windows machine?
I have a Windows 10 laptop that I'd like to use to boot directly to an external USB SSD (Ubuntu), but only when it is present (physically connected) at power-up. Presently, I can only boot to the SSD ...
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English BIOS is now Chinese / English
My motherboard (MSI B450 Tomahawk MAX (MS-7C02) (AM4)), bought almost 3 years ago from a reputable seller, has a funny way of speaking English:
I do recall it used to be full English, about a year ...
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Setting BIOS/UEFI Administrator Password from Linux CLI
is there a way to set the BIOS/UEFI Administrator password from a Linux CLI for a BIOS/UEFI that doesn't has any password set?
I'm trying to automate the process of provisioning some servers and ...
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Thinkpad L13 yoga virtualization doesn't work
I'm on my brand new Lenovo ThinkPad L13 with a i71165g7 CPU, with an endovourOS/win10 dualboot. This CPU is supposed to support virtualization as stated on the specification sheet. I tried to enable ...
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Installing Windows 10 to used HDD
I'm trying to install Windows 10 from a USB stick ISO to a tower computer with a new Asus MoBo Rog Strix X570-E with Zen 7 but used hard drives. The BIOS does not see a compatible drive to do the ...
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bios hp proper quality standards
I keep hp pro desk 400 g3 sff and pc have been run;s on xubuntu 22.04 lts probably 4months without
any problems.
But now pc are not able start. Two long beep ,two short beep.
My question is ,that are ...
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Hp pavilion g62 | How to enter bios with no display attached?
Let me sumarise what im doing and what has happened:
so i have the hp g62 and it has no built in display attached to it (because its cracked, and yes, i removed the entire display assembly) and the ...
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Trying to Disable Secure Boot
I am trying to disable Secure Boot in my Linux Mint OS. My laptop is an Acer Aspire 5.
The problem is I can use the arrow keys on all BIOS menus, except Security and Boot. When I navigate to the ...
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Usb flash drive not detected
I have a problem wich is my usb flash drives are 8gb and 16gb not detected by ubuntu 21.04 but my hard drive 1tb is being detected.
I have disabled secure boot, fast boot and enabled csm and pxe on ...
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GRUB menu will not appear unless I set admin password on BIOS
After many hours of debugging, I finally got the GRUB menu working on my Windows 10 / Ubunutu 20.04 dual boot setup. However, the GRUB menu will only show up if I enable an admin password in the BIOS ...
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Install Windows to a Nvme ssd disk that is not recognized by BIOS
I have a Nvme ssd disk that my computer's BIOS does not recognize and a simple bootable ssd.
I want to install Windows 10 on nvme but the bootloader to the other bootable ssd. Windows recognized the ...
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Need to remove the battery and reinstall windows every time i shut down the PC
I built a PC with the following hardware a couple days ago :
-Corsair 80plus gold
-i5 12600 12th gen ,
-Tuf gaming B660 plus wifi D4
Everything works fine until i decide to shut down the PC.
I have to ...
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Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device but I cant access the boot configuration or BIOS
I've tried everything, i pressed every key and watched every tutorial but all include having to open the BIOS or boot configuration but I cant.
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Large RAM sticks on older motherboard - worry over making a BIOS RAM speed change
I have an ASUS motherboard from 2011 running Windows 7. It has 2 x 2GB of 1333 DDR3 RAM in its two slots for them.
I bought a Crucial 8 GB 1333 DDR3 UDIMM RAM stick. When I swapped the old RAM out and ...
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Bios recognizes USB drive and partitions, but won’t boot from it
I bought a mini PC that had no ram or ssd and obviously no OS. I added my own 8gb ddr4 2400mhz and ssd connected by SATA. I can boot into the bios and it recognizes the ram.
I created a bootable ...
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Black screen shortly after entering BIOS
The computer is a Lenovo ThinkCentre M82 Desktop. CPU Intel Core i5-3470, 2x4GB DDR3, the motherboard is Lenovo is7xm. Recently, the computer is booting Windows quite slowly (Windows 10), but ...
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PC Starts back up even when power LEDs are off and after a clean shutdown (Windows 11)
To clarify, when I perform a clean shutdown by going to "Start > Power > Shutdown the PC" it shuts down as usual and stays off for a few seconds (2-3). In this short window of time ...
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Can you transfer SSD with CentOS 7 into a new PC without reinstalling?
I am updating a CentOS 7 desktop from an i5-660 on a Gigabyte H55M board to an i5-12400 on a Gigabyte B660M using the integrated graphics as before. The original installation is at least 10 years old.
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I can't enter UEFI Firmware Settings on my old Windows 10 PC
I want to upgrade my current SSD to a larger one so I must modify my boot order in my BIOS. The PC is the ASUS ROG GR8 II and its motherboard is split into several pieces to make it more compact. ...
