Questions tagged [uefi]
The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface BIOS (UEFI) is a specification that defines a software interface between an operating system and platform firmware. UEFI replaces the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) firmware interface originally present in all IBM PC-compatible personal computers
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UEFI boot got hosed [closed]
"UEFI laptop got hosed, how do I fix?"
I have a UEFI laptop, which got hosed. The Windows' C: drive got changed so it no longer boots. It tries to find C:\Windows (which is currently C:\...
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Boot Custom Kernel with UEFI in QEMU
I'm trying to boot a custom kernel on QEMU using UEFI. This is for an OS that I'm writing. When I run this command, I'm brought into the UEFI shell. I may be wrong, but I think that if everything is ...
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How to make MBR HDD bootable in UEFI mode?
I have a PC that does not support booting from internal MBR HDD. Currently, it seems only to support booting from GPT partitioned HDD in UEFI mode. It does support booting from external MBR HDD if I ...
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Pc can't show UEFI or BIOS after CSM support is deactivated
Recently decided to play Valorant and a compatibility error showed, then I proceed to deactivate CSM support and set the Key management to custom. I have a Gigabyte Aorus B450 elite motherboard, but ...
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Minisforum NAB6 lite mini pc - SSD is not detected in bios & can't make it boot from SSD (sata / m2). Why is that?
I bought a Mini PC - NAB6 lite by Minisforum (i5-12600H)
Installed ram (DDR4 3200) + SSD (Samsung Evo 860) via sata cable. The ram is detected - i can see it in Bios, but the SSD is NOT detected.
I ...
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HDD Crash and Optane Memory Uninstallation
Absolute noob here, so please bear with me.
My laptop was running on an HDD which was accelerated by a 16GB Optane Memory Module. A few days ago, the HDD crashed and the system now
prepares for ...
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Keyboard sending wrong codes for certain key combinations only to linux terminals, tried everything. So confused
I had been trying out a few different linux distros over the past few days and ended up back in Windows. I noticed that in WSL ubuntu shift-home wasn’t working properly—it would print out the letter H....
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Computer not booting after installing Ubuntu next to Windows
I installed Ubuntu 22.04 alongside an existing Windows 10 installation on a HP ProBook 470 G2 and let the Ubuntu installer take care of shrinking the Windows partition and rewriting the partition ...
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Are there any differences between different uefi vendors/implementations
I was wondering if there are any differences between the different uefi implementations of AMI, Insyde H2O and Phoenix. I've tried searching it online, but I couldn't find any other explanation than &...
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no boot logo on windows after dual boot fedora
I dual booted fedora 39 with windows 11 the boot logo (vendor logo lenovo) during windows boot is black just the loading circle is there.
But when i boot to fedora or screen before grub the logo is ...
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How to mount and run a bootx64.efi file on Hyper-V?
I've built one of the bflat sample applications for direct running on UEFI. Now I have the boot folder and the bootx64.efi file for my application.
What am I doing wrong that this application can't ...
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How to boot an OS (Ubuntu) installed for a diferent (protected) PC?
Last year I bought a Samsung Galaxy Book 2 (i5 12th gen notebook). It features a different BIOS setup screen and soon I learned I was unable to run OSes installed in different machines there.
I mean, ...
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What’s the point of a BIOS password?
I have realised that there is absolutely no point to having a password protecting your BIOS/UEFI menu!
Here are the reasons:
It is the easiest thing to “hack.”
Literally. Anyone can use a jumper and a ...
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My Dell OptiPlex 990 boot is very slow and I don’t know why
I have a Dell OptiPlex 990 with good specs like an SSD, i5 2500, and 8GB RAM.
The system is extremely slow when booting from a Ventoy USB flash drive to install Windows or Linux, hanging for a few ...
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Default Windows 11 partitions / partitioning scheme
Sometimes you need to partition your disk which already contains a different operating system (OS) or version of Windows thus you use Linux tools such as fdisk or gdisk to create/configure partitions ...
