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How can I boot to DOS with a UEFI BIOS? (re: updating BIOS)
I have a Supermicro X9SCM-F motherboard and I'd like to upgrade the BIOS because I'm having trouble installing Windows 8.1 (and apparently I'm on a very old BIOS).
However, I can't seem to boot to ...
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Dual boot Windows 7 on pre-installed Windows 8 laptop
I have a newer HP laptop with preinstalled Windows 8. I want to dual boot Windows 7 with it, but am unable to boot to the USB. To start with, I downloaded an .iso from Microsoft that I then copied ...
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System does not work anymore after migrating to UEFI
I have recently updated my BIOS to UEFI (big mistake...). When I boot in Windows 7 x64 now, it does not recognize any USB driver (even mouse and keyboard).I tried to use Windows Repair Disc to Restore ...
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turning on secure boot gives only a black screen
I have installed Windows 10 with secure boot off and now I want to install Windows 11. So I turned secure boot back on but, only a black screen shows after computer boots.
What I see - I can see POST ...
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Move From Legacy to UEFI
I recently installed Fedora 39 on my system, but I only later realized that I did so in Legacy BIOS mode. Now, I'd like to switch to UEFI boot mode without having to reinstall the entire system. Is ...
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Where to put payload on UEFI partition for it to be processed during boot (for firmware update)?
I've found out many (most?) firmware require a reboot to be updated and the way it works is new firmware data is put on UEFI partition (I've got an error of ~ "cannot find UEFI partition" ...
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Dell BIOS, different boot entry after Auto-On-Time event
I want to make use of the Auto-On-Time feature in my Dell Latitude E7250. This feature sets the time of day when the system will turn on automatically. Is it possible to mod the BIOS to allow it to ...
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Update AMI American Megatrends BIOS via EFI/UEFI firmware shell
I have found an used gigabyte brixx nuc style pc and wanted to try to update it's bios for testing, because some other versions has been released. The device hasn't a direct flash utility inside so I ...
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Why the TPM PCRs does not consider a UEFI settings change? If someone resets CMOS, it's undetected
In my laptop I've set up a bios pw when I power on the laptop, and once I enter it the laptop starts my linux distro and decrypts the disk without asking any other password. To do this I've set up TPM ...
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Installing 32bit windows in 64bit UEFI
I have a device and a software from the 2000' that only work on 32bit windows OS. I currently have an Asus ROG GA503 that runs 64bit win11.
I wanted to run windows 7 32bit on a USB stick so that I ...
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How do I delete an old boot option that doesn't show in bcdedit?
I converted my ssd from MBR to GPT. Now in the BIOS I have 2 boot options with the same name, which is "SSD name Boot Manager". Booting into the first boot option doesn't work but the 2nd ...
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Grub2 commands to automatically boot from Windows (UEFI installation & BIOS firmware)
The following chain of commands works when Windows is installed in UEFI and UEFI firmware is present. If Windows is installed in UEFI and that in combination with BIOS firmware the command will not ...
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How is display initiated after sleep mode? Does the BIOS/OS uses the EFI partition?
I'm having some weird lines displayed in my screen after my computer goes to sleep mode and when I turn it on.
These lines are displayed randomly and I think it has something to do with the EFI ...
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Computer spontaneously suspends & resets UEFI settings to default (motherboard power issue?)
Apologies for the long question, but I have a strange collection of (hardware?) problems I can't fully figure out by myself.
The device:
My computer is an Acer Nitro 7 (Acer AN715-51-76ML) which came ...
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Why is my motherboard not recognising my USB stick as bootable?
I created an USB flash drive with openmediavault v6 (not the installer, I mean I put the system on it).
I can use this flash drive to run OMV on the machine (a PC with a Gigabyte motherboard). I can ...
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