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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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SATA-Port not working on Asus Mainboard
I have a Asus Prime Z370-A Mainboard.
6 SATA ports: 5 SATA drives plugged on ports 2 - 5
2 M2 ports: 1 SSD installed on port 1 with Auto-Detection. The empty port is set to "half speed" X2 ...
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Unable to access BIOS after enabling secure boot (no screen output)
I disabled CSM and enabled secure boot on my Gigabyte Aorus b550 AC with a EVGA GTX 1080.
Every time I boot up my machine, it boots straight into Windows (dual-boot system with ReFind as bootloader) ...
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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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UEFI preboot for legacy mode?
Some recent BIOSes (e.g. from Dell) have dropped Legacy Boot Mode, at least for SATA disks. That's annoying when one wants to boot an existing disk with no UEFI partition¹.
Is is conceivable to make a ...
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"System doesn't have any usb boot option" on corrupt dual boot
A friend of mine is asking for help installing Ubuntu on their laptop. It used to have a Windows 10 (upgraded from 8) and Ubuntu 16 dual boot, but they ran rm -rf / in Ubuntu for laughs to wipe all ...
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Access UEFI Settings with Discrete Card Only
I have an MSI B550 PRO-VDH paired with a Ryzen 5900X CPU (no integrated GPU) and a dedicated GPU (RTX 3080). When I tried upgrading to Windows 11, I found out TPM 2.0 is disabled in the UEFI firmware ...
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Issue with Windows 10 Installation. Possibly BIOS/UEFI related
I have in my PC 4 drives. 2 SSDs with Ubuntu, 1 empty SSD and 1 empty HDD. In the empty SSD I want to install Windows 10.
I have installed Windows 100s of times in the past but this time I have ...
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Cannot access BIOS (UEFI) through normal means
So I just build my first custom PC [PCPartpicker]
I was able to boot into bios when I first started it up, but after installing windows 10 pro, I am unable to access it again. I've tried both the ...
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Windows 10 Media Creation Tool unable to boot in UEFI mode
I've downloaded the last Windows 10 Media Creation Tool (https://www.microsoft.com/it-it/software-download/windows10) in order to install Windows 10 in UEFI mode (before it was Legacy)
The USB stick ...
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Dual boot Endeavor OS changed to EFI hard drive after BIOS update
I dual booted windows 11 and Endeavor OS on my HP notebook without any problem, but after a BIOS update the Boot options menu listed Endeavour os as EFI hard drive.
Image showing problem
Also now the ...
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I need grub to support BIOS and UEFI at the same time?
The Arch Linux ISO can be booted both in BIOS and EUFI mode, but how can we install an Arch Linux that both support UEFI and BIOS booting? And what's the partition layout, I used this layout but it ...
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Could attempting to reset my BIOS partially fail and brick my laptop?
I'm looking of a method to reset or bypass the UEFI/BIOS admin password on my laptop, but I'm concerned I might brick my device. Does anyone have any knowledge about this?
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Model Name: ASUS ...
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How to unlock Dell Inspiron 15R N5110 BIOS hidden menu and possibly enable UEFI support
Apparently Dell decided for N5110 to use BIOS instead of UEFI,
but according to a user njoker link
"IT HAS A RIDICULOUS LEGACY BIOS LAYER ON TOP OF A TIANO UEFI IMPLEMENTATION"
How to enable ...
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If I brick my BIOS during update, can I use my computer if it was originally using UEFI?
So my question basically is, if my BIOS needs an update and power goes out during flashing the update, can I still use my computer if it was originally using UEFI environment to boot the computer?
I ...
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