#bios
For anyone lost in their UEFI setup: 1. Enter the BIOS (usually Del or F2 during boot). 2 🤷 look for "Advanced Mode" or "EZ Mode" at the bottom or top. 3. On many ASUS and MSI boards its F7. 4. You can usually set Advanced Mode as the default in the…
i always assumed RAM just runs at whatever teh label says. nope. my DDR4 kit was sitting at 2133 cuz XMP was off. in the BIOS there was an option called XMP with Profile 1 and Profile 2. picked Profile 1, saved, and teh speed matched the box. games feel a…
ok so i read that modern GPUs support smth called Resizable BAR, which lets the CPU access the whole graphics memory instead of small chunks 😤 On my board it was off. To turn it on i had to: 1. make sure the BIOS is in UEFI mode with CSM disabled. 2. Enable…
hmmmm ok if your laptop mostly stays on the charger, check for a charge limit: 1. Look in the manufacturers utility app (Vantage, MyASUS, Dell Power Manager/Optimizer, HPs BIOS options, etc.). 2. Or check the BIOS under power or battery settings. 3... pick a…
i ran the ECS J10IL Bios 08/11/19 BIOS/firmware update on my desktop cuz teh support page said it improves stability. Partway through, teh power flickered 🙏 Now when i press the power button, i get this: the fans spin, a light comes on, but nothing appears…
firmware update nightmare. i was updating teh desktop's BIOS using teh X58 Deluxe Bios 1.50 for DOS package from ASRock. Then teh fans went to full speed. Since then, black screen. i'm reasonably technical but i've never had to recover a BIOS. Is this…
my home built PC wont boot after a firmware update. the udpate was going fine until the fans went to full speed :D i waited a long time before touching anything, then finally turned it off. now it powers on but shows nothing. ive read about BIOS recovery…
My work laptop wont boot after a firmware update. The update was going fine until the power flickered. I waited a long time before touching aynthing, then finally turned it off. Now it powers on but shows nothing. I've read about BIOS recovery features but I…
Firmware update nightmare. I was updating the desktop's BIOS using the X48TurboTwins WiFi Bios package from ASRock. Then it rebooted twice. Since then, black screen. I'm reasonably technical but I've never had to recover a BIOS. Is this repairable at home?…
guys pls help firmware udpate nightmare. i was updating the desktops BIOS using teh Mac OS X Lion Update for MacBook Air and Mac Mini 2011 package from Apple. then the progress bar froze. since then, black screen. im reasonably technical but Ive never had to…
im literally losing my mind here my home built PC wont boot after a firmware update. the update was going fine until the screen stayed black... i waited a long time before touching anything, then finally turned it off, now it powers on but shows nothing,…
im literally losing my mind here i ran the ECS E07EI1 Bios 08/10/23 BIOS/firmware update on my laptop cuz the support page said it improves stability, partway through, the screen stayed black. now when i press the power button, i get this: the fans spin, a…
hmmmm ok my work laptop wont boot after a firmware update. the update was going fine until teh progress bar froze.. 🔥 i waited a long time before touching anything, then finally turned it off 🤦 now it powers on but shows nothing... ive read about BIOS…
ok weird one my laptop wont boot after a firmware update. the update was going fine until teh power flickered. I waited a long time before touching anything, then finally turned it off... now it powers on but shows nothing, ive read about BIOS recovery…
firmware update nightmare. i was updating the desktops BIOS using the ALiveNF5SLI 1394 Bios package from ASRock. then teh fans went to full speed 😂 since then, black screen. im reasonably technical but Ive never had to recover a BIOS 😤 is this repairable…
ok weird one i ran teh MSI Live Update 6.2.0.74 BIOS/firmware update on my work laptop because teh support page said it improves stability. partway through, the progress bar froze. now when i press the power button, i get this: the fans spin, a light comes…
my mini PC won't boot after a firmware update. the upadte was going fine until the progress bar froze. I waited a long time before touching anything, then finally truned it off. now it powers on but shows nothing. ive read about BIOS recovery features but…
firmware update nightmare. i was updating teh work laptops BIOS using the P7H55 M PRO Bios package from ASUS. then the progress bar froze. since then, black screen. im reasoanbly technical but Ive never had to recover a BIOS. is this repairable at home?? the…
ok so i ran teh ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 Bios 1.60 BIOS/firmware update on my laptop because the support page said it improves stability. Partway through, the screen stayed black. Now when i press the power button, i get this: The fans spin, a light comes on, but…
