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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BIOS firmware password and security feature differences
I am looking for an explanation and perhaps some references on the different types of BIOS security password features.
Example BIOS Setting Options
BIOS Password
BIOS Administrator Password
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Are BIOS .exe update files Windows-version dependant?
I was given an old HP laptop (HP Compaq Presario F755US) which came with Widows Vista. Vista worked very slow and laggy so I decided to wipe it and install Ubuntu. Everything worked well, but since ...
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GPT Partitioned Disk not Recognized by BIOS
I have received a Samsung Ativ Book 4 (model no. NP4705E-K01UB [this computer is UEFI compatible BTW]), and for the first few months that I used it, it has worked fine with MBR partitioned disks.
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How do I get into my BIOS without a black screen?
On my Gigabyte Ultra Durable Series motherboard, how do I get into my BIOS? I hold delete upon start-up, but I get a black screen. I did some digging online and one source said it was because of ...
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Virtualization Supported, Disabled for Intel Core i7 3632QM
I have Intel Core i7 3632QM. I installed android tools and when I ran it, it said that the Virtualization is disabled. I went into the bios section and it was enabled. I have Windows 8.1.
How can I ...
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How can I move an UEFI Win10 install to a BIOS only PC?
We have a ready to use on production environment PC, and want to clone its hard drive on ten workstations.
The problem is the machine is a modern PC with a Windows 10 UEFI setup.
Is there any ...
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computer giving this error when trying to boot into BIOS/UEFI windows 8.1
I was trying to wipe an old computer to sell it, I had Ubuntu 14.04 and Win8.1 dual booted. I put in the windows installation media I had made and it told me it could not use the partition to install ...
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Dell Inspiron R15 3521 BIOS doesn't show the option to boot from USB
Secure Boot is disabled and I'm on Legacy Boot right now.
When I go to Boot settings there doesn't seem to be any option to boot from USB or even add that as an option. (I have tried two USB 2.0 and ...
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HP Compaq Business Desktop dc7600 Small Form Factor Desktop PC - What's new in HP BIOS 786D1 v01.61 updated from 786D1 v01.03
HP Compaq dc7600 Small Form Factor Desktop PC - What's new in HP BIOS 786D1 v01.61 (updating from 786D1 v01.03). Is it worth upgrading?
Will this BIOS upgrade expand the range of CPUs I could upgrade ...
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Does my laptop have ROM?
I have read that servers have ROM with BIOS. Do the laptops such as MAC and PC have the same mechanism ? I do not see ROM configuration on the "About this mac" thus confused.
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Access all BIOS settings
I have an HP ProBook 430 G2 Notebook, and I want to make it automatically start at a specific time.
Following these instructions I have found the option I am looking for in the BIOS, but like lots of ...
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Change one disc to AHCI
I have one SSD that I'd like to use in AHCI mode, and two discs in RAID mode. Right now all discs are in RAID - the SSD, and two HDDs. I would like to change only one of them to AHCI?
I found in the ...
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No disks connected, why is Windows Boot Manager still a boot option?
Title covers 98% of my question.
I'm trying to figure out what the Windows Boot Manager BIOS boot option is. In doing so, I've disconnected every memory device that could possibly hold an OS, ...
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Cheating BIOS POST by faking a PCIe device
I want to let the Bios POST process believe a graphics card is installed. The need arises because somebody not so clever has decided that boards with no active video card are not supposed to boot.
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May RAM failure made no beep?
Several days ago, I added some more RAM to my PC (4x2 to 4x2+2x2) from my old PC. They worked before, i never had any problem with those modules. My motherboard supports up to 16gb on 1066MHZ, and ...
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Booting via network does not work with UEFI mode
I have a laptop I tried booting with PXE to install Windows using WDS. However, the network boot would fail at the TFTP section. If I disabled the network (uefi) option and went legacy network boot, ...
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How to reset the Intel SATA controller ROM?
I recently attempted installing Windows Vista in AHCI mode. I suspect that this adventure has somehow rendered the built-in Intel SATA controller inoperable in AHCI mode. I started off with a clean (...
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Black Screen With just mouse
I have an ACER Veriton. Desktop. 4 GB Ram and an Intel Processor. BIOS is American Megatrends. Version 2.15.1236. Whenever I start up my computer in the morning after logging in with the user password,...
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How to tell if my laptop is protected by FDE?
My new laptop has multiple hard drives, but my system drive is a Samsung 840 EVO (an SSD). According to Samsung's website, the drive supports hardware-based full-disk encryption (which, although it's ...
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Should I enable Intel virtualization technology? [closed]
I am using Android studio for Android programming it is demanding Intel virtualization technology to get enable to use Android emulator should I enable it? Is it safe to enable it? I have Intel i3 ...
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Bios update for Pegatron Corporation A15 motherboard
I am fighting against a problem. The problem (short version) is that when I install Windows 8.1 on my laptop, when I restart it the screen is black. I already have a post regarding this problem here.
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Boot computer on bringing it to power
I'm trying to reach following:
I have a multi master/slave power point. My computer is plugged in into the master slot.
The whole multi power point is plugged in into a radio power point I can ...
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Thunderbolt on PC on an X99 motherboard (and the R9 295x2)?
How do you get a ThunderboltEX II Dual card working on a X99 motherboard?
The instructions are worthless and only talk about Z87 motherboards.
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How to boot from DVD Lenovo W540
I have a Lenovo W540 laptop currently running windows 8.1. I have burned an ISO image of a linux-based OS onto a DVD-R using the Mastered burn type (not live file system). I cannot figure out how to ...
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Multiple storage controllers in same PC [closed]
What limits the number of controllers inside a single PC? For example, if I do not care about enclosure, power, cooling considerations - and all the other superficial facts - what are the negotiable ...
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Cannot execute a DELL BIOS update for a VOSTRO 260 machine
I am trying to update my DELL VOSTRO 260 BIOS. I am struggling to get anywhere. If I download the exe and try to run it using a FreeDOS USB drive:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DellBIOS#...
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I formatted my hard drive, and I think I've killed the computer.
I know that there have been dozens of posts about booting troubles, and I've read my fair share of them, but nothing quite comes close to my specific problem.
So recently a friend of mine got me ...
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Avoid UEFI Bios Hell? [closed]
It seems so many people are having problems with UEFI these days, i'd be tempted to find hardware that doesn't come with it.
Installing Linux alongside Windows is once again a real mess. Maybe the ...
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Cannot access BIOS, Windows loads when F2 pressed
I have recently updated an aging XP machine to Windows 8.1. However, when I start it up and try to get the BIOS by pressing F2, it just loads Windows instead. The BIOS was accessible just fine when XP ...
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Computer will boot but monitor doesn't turn on until lock screen
I need to access my bios settings as I need to enable virtualization, but when I turn my computer on, (monitor is on stand by) the monitor only displays anything once the computer is at the lock ...
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Danger on Using Supervisor Password / BIOS Password
I would like to ask about the supervisor or most commonly known as BIOS password, my former instructor says that settings up that kind of password is harmful, and may cause corruption of BIOS in long ...
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Change bios splash screen
I have a new HP 246 G1 notebook PC from the tamil nadu govt. The bios splash screen is a photo of the state chief minister.
I used 'universal bios backup toolkit 2.0' to take a backup of my present ...
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PC Continues fast short beep or Continues long beep
I hope I can ask this one here.
Can Anyone please help me on this. I was trying to format my pc since the bootmgr is missing.,
MY pc has a motherboard Asus H61ME. I have a Video card GeForce GT 620 ...
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How to reset BIOS on ASUS K53E
My BIOS is password-protected, so that I can't access the BIOS settings (I don't have problems with booting into Windows XP). The BIOS is made by American Megatrends (AMI). I've been trying some ...
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BIOS requires password which was nulled
In BIOS (Acer emachines e730 specific one) I found that it asks for password as I knew it I decided to remove it. There was option to change password so I did that, but instead of filling new password ...
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What does BIOS Version/Date represent?
I want to how old my laptop is? I bought it in Feb 2012 but obviously it was built before than that. By playing around - I saw that my BIOS Version/Date is 20th June 2011. So does that mean I can say ...
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Enable hardware virtualization in windows 7
I'd like to enable the Hardware Virtualization functionnality in my Computer, so download the Securable Tool.
When i launched the program i got this result
My computer's configurations :
I ask:
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Can I overclock hardware on my HP 4545s Probook (there are no options for it in the BIOS)?
I have searched in vain for some way to overclock the hardware on my laptop.
The BIOS is unlike any BIOS I've seen before. It's a mouse-using GUI instead of the classic arrow-key blue screen funny ...
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my computer does't want to start after I changed the boot order in the bios
I am having some issues with my pc.
I was re installing windows, so I changed the boot order on my asus p8h61/usb3. after the computer restarted itself I didn't get response. my usb devices get no ...
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Ambulence-like sound when Thinkpad T400's battery is running out of power
When my Thinkpad T400 is on its battery and its battery running out of power, there is ambulence-like sound. I wonder how to eliminate the annoying sound? Is there a setting in BIOS? My OS is Ubuntu ...
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Is it possible to boot Linux on a x86 machine with U-Boot?
This is my understanding: BIOS does the basic initialization of the chipset and starts the boot loader which fires up the OS. And most advanced OS like Linux doesn't use BIOS. Also, embedded platforms ...
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My system is missing a "System Serial Number"
No, it is not about the Windows serial key and/or activation.
After reading this question ( https://stackoverflow.com/q/21548747/1190388 ) about dmidecode and system serial numbers, I came across ...
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PC 1 Long 2 Short Beeps, No BIOS
I just built a PC and it just makes 1 long and 2 short beeps. I'm pretty sure it's not the graphics card because it is working fine with all fans on and pcie ports work. I tried both ports for ...
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Bios changes after shut down
I installed an extra hard drive and my computer booted up properly. It has for 2 weeks. After I moved it to a new desk the bios changed so it would not boot from the correct drive. When I looked at ...
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Win8 gets "bios has been reset" on every startup
recently i have had a periodically online windows update
and since then I have been geeting this message on almost each startup.
what should I do?
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Can't find server serial number
I am trying to find the serial number of a windows server 2003 R2.
I used a lot of tools but i couldn't find the serial number.
Note that i want the serial number and not the product key.
I also ...
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VGA Graphics card is not guaranteed to operate normally
Recently I updated the BIOS for my GigaByte Motherboard using Q-Flash Utility .
The update was successful but under the MB Intelligent Tweaker menu in BIOS , there's a warning says VGA Graphics card ...
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change Windows8 from legacy to EFI
I have just recently installed windows 8 on my Laptop, and will soon be re-installing Linux alongside. My laptop was running legacy boot-loaders, but supports EFI. I want Windows 8 to use an EFI boot-...
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What does the option "SATA Boot Rom" (Run Legacy Option ROM) mean in my BIOS menu?
The motherboard manual doesn't say. It's an AsRock H61M/U3S3, updated to latest BIOS ROM.
Any idea what it is or if I should turn it on?
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I tried turning it off: system doesn't boot.
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Windows fails to start after RAM upgrade
I have a alienware m11x r2 and I recently bought some new RAM for it. However after installing it, when windows boots up a "Windows fails to start" page appears. I am then giving the option to repair ...
