bios

Hi, pulling my hair out with this one. I have a PC running Windows 11 Insider preview which has been fine for ages. I came to boot up and it's now asking for a password. None has ever been set. I've been into the registry and there is no password in there. I can boot in safe mode but cannot get...

This is so strange. It may happen a couple of times a day, or not at all. When it does happen there will be, every minute or 30 seconds, a 2-second delay to both typing and scrolling. This affects three browsers, Steam and Windows itself. I can get rid of it by rebooting, but not much else...

Hello I have an issue with my new installation. I have this setup Asus Maximus VI extreme motherboard Samsung SSD 870 Evo 2 tb for image I7 4770K chip Gskill 16 Gb ram I needed to get a bigger SSD so I clone the old to a new one, but that didn't go so well. The cloning program corrupted the...

Running Windows 11 Home Version 23H2 on Dell Inspiron AIO 5490 AIO. BIOS Mode UEFI and up to date. Total identified windows installations: 0 after using bootrec /rebuildbcd or bootrec /scanos command in Windows Recovery Environment. Ive done everything recommended online to fix the issue...

Intel© Core™ i7-10700K CPU @ 3.80GHz × 8 32.0 GiB RAM Windows 11 Linux Mint 21.3 Cinnamon PM991a NVMe Samsung 512GB KINGSTON SA400S37480G Seagate BarraCuda 120 SSD ZA1000CM10003 I have a 2 yr old Dell Desktop PC. Windows 11 is installed on the Samsung 512 M.2 NVE drive, Linux Mint 21.3 is...

Hello everyone, I recently attempted to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11, but I encountered some compatibility issues. My laptop, a [insert model and specs], seems to fall short of meeting some of the requirements for Windows 11, particularly in terms of TPM version and CPU compatibility...

I am trying to install Windows on a HP Microserver Gen8. It contains 4 rust drives in the main bays, and an SSD in the optical slot. The nature of the HP BIOS is such that the SSD needs to be created as an "array of one" before it can be used, but I've done that, and set it as the primary boot...

Buongiorno, ho un problema con il mio PC MSI AM 241 All-in-One. Il computer funzionava correttamente, e volevo solo sostituire l'SSD M.2. Dopo aver smontato e rimontato il PC, al momento dell'accensione, non si avviava e mostrava un LED arancione quando collegavo l'alimentatore. Pensando fosse...

This is a weird one that my computer has been doing on and off for the last couple months. Every now and then after startup/login it will freeze but only system related apps. CTRL ALT DELETE doesn't work, taskbar is unresponsive, however non-system related apps such as games will function as...

I am multibooting 3 drives (1 Win10 and 2 Win11) the boot manager on one win11 drive is selected in bios. It works but in addition to the named drives it also lists the three efi partitions which are unbootable -of course. I am not sure why they are there and they are a nuisance. How can I...

Hey guyz. Its been 48 hours since the door for windows is locked, I tried dual booting windows 7 for some project purpose... But since then windows have kept me stuck in BIOS and the loading error page since then. IMP NOTE: It won't reset, nor any commands in terminal helps, tried bunch of...

My issue is very strange and complicated and I was looking for a second opinion. For starters, hardware: ASUS TUF Z590 Motherboard Intel i9 10900K CPU Corsair Vengeance RAM 4x16GB overclocked at 3600MHz RTX 3090 FE 1000W EVGA PSU Firstly Ill say I have a custom water loop, in part to handle the...

I have three drives two with win 11 and one with win 10. One of the drives is older and two are newer which were installed after the older drive. I cannot seem to change the bootmanager. Wwwindows was installed on each drive independently but when I put them together the boot manager on drive c...

When I attempt to turn on/restart my PC, the PC almost never boots past the Bios Splash screen. The same error occurs consistently: The small screen on my motherboard displays code “F3” while the Bios Splash screen is displayed and my keyboard and mouse have power (It stays like this for maybe 4...

Hello! System specs below. Whenever I shutdown and start up my computer I notice in the error log that an "unexpected shutdown has occurred (error 6008)." I'm not having any trouble with shutdowns. I do occasionally seem to have trouble on startup with the computer sending a signal to the...

Good morning. I would appreciate help/advice with the following. I have recently bought a new laptop with Windows 11 and set it up correctly or so I believe. My old laptop is using Windows 10 and when I start it I am usually asked for my BIOS password. However, since setting up my new laptop...

Hi My Acer laptop requires Windows to update the BIOS. I have killed the Windows install on the laptop, so I am not using Windows, but I still want to update the BIOS. I think that what I want is a Windows BootCD / BootDVD / Boot USB but I don't kow what will work. Any pointers?

the bios screen is not loaded while start up / Resting the PC unresponsive screen when loading windows from external device if you are using a monitor with high specs the bios screen doesnt match the resolution and fail to display solution : lower the resolution of the monitor or use a...

Whilst attempting to install Windows 11 onto my new PC I am getting a message saying "We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver.". I am using an AMD Ryzen 5 5600x CPU with an ASUS ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING WIFI II motherboard. The storage device is a Samsung 960 Pro...

Hi all. I'm just looking for a bit of help After having had to replace the motherboard in my Dell XPS 15 9550 laptop, I'm experiencing an issue with high DPC latency / audio drop outs (i.e. clicks & pops) whenever audio comes out of the speakers. This is when doing very basic things such as...