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Frugal install on new laptop (UEFI-BIOS trouble?)
pq5190362:
--- Quote from: YoupMelon on October 02, 2017, 09:06:46 PM ---The BIOS update is an .exe file; probably something I can run after installing windows, right? Not an 'image' that I can use in the BIOS maintenance utility.
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But you said Windows 10 is already installed?
--- Quote from: YoupMelon on October 02, 2017, 09:06:46 PM ---So I guess the question now is:
What is the probability that the BIOS update will actually solve the problem?
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Why don't you just read the release notes:
--- Quote from: https://support.hp.com/us-en/drivers/selfservice/swdetails/hp-14-bp000-laptop-pc/15551432/model/17320132 /swItemId/ob-192275-1 ---
- Fixes an intermittent issue where the keyboard does not function properly after the system resumes from sleep (S3) mode.
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?
::)
--- Quote from: YoupMelon on October 02, 2017, 09:06:46 PM ---The BIOS update is an .exe file; probably something I can run after installing windows, right? Not an 'image' that I can use in the BIOS maintenance utility.
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It seems like the .exe is an archive, which apparently can be extracted via 7-Zip and contains .bin files, which according to the instructions on the HP website is the kind of file type that is required to update through the firmware:
https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c00042629
--- Quote from: YoupMelon on October 02, 2017, 09:06:46 PM ---Because if it doesn't, or something goes wrong, I may not be able to return the laptop to the dealer...
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You are on your own with this, or maybe ask your dealer to do it for you.
--- Quote from: Juanito on October 03, 2017, 03:28:43 AM ---I'd say that your problem is right there
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No, I don't think so.
First of all: He has enabled legacy mode in the firmware and now tries to create a UEFI USB stick, this is just wrong.
You would want to create a UEFI USB stick if you would have disabled legacy mode and not when it is enabled.
Also: He still has not posted a photo of his boot order settings. It's very likely that something is not configured properly there, especially because HP firmware usually allows to specify the boot order for legacy mode and UEFI mode separately.
@ YoupMelon: Why haven't you posted a photo of your firmware boot order settings yet?
Also:
If you really want to create a UEFI USB stick, make sure that legacy mode is disabled and that the stick is formatted as GPT (not MBR) and FAT32 (not NTFS, not ext4) and read this:
https://www.rodsbooks.com/efi-bootloaders/csm-good-bad-ugly.html#creating-media
;)
Anyway, just post a photo of your firmware boot order settings and you are increasing your chance of solving your problem.
Juanito:
--- Quote from: pq5190362 on October 03, 2017, 07:24:37 AM ---..that the stick is formatted as GPT (not MBR) and FAT32 (not NTFS, not ext4)
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..that's what the grub2 instructions, referred to earlier, say.
YoupMelon:
--- Quote from: Juanito on October 03, 2017, 07:23:59 AM ---The legacy bios boot order is usually determined in the bios setup by choosing which device (hd, cd/dvd, usb stick, pxe) the bios should try to boot from first.
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Just to give you an idea of what I'm facing:
My BIOS gives me two orders to edit, an UEFI-list and a legacy one.
Then it says that UEFI order takes precedence over legacy order...
But even when I put 'USB' top of the list in both orders; when it comes to booting, OS Manager is taken as the default. :-\
YoupMelon:
--- Quote from: pq5190362 on October 03, 2017, 07:24:37 AM ---Anyway, just post a photo of your firmware boot order settings and you are increasing your chance of solving your problem.
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How can I post a photo on this forum?
YoupMelon:
--- Quote from: pq5190362 on October 03, 2017, 07:24:37 AM ---
--- Quote from: YoupMelon on October 02, 2017, 09:06:46 PM ---The BIOS update is an .exe file; probably something I can run after installing windows, right? Not an 'image' that I can use in the BIOS maintenance utility.
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But you said Windows 10 is already installed?
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No. The machine is Win10 prepared, but I broke of the install (it insists that I accept a licence, so I'd prefer to wipe Win10 of the machine without installing, if possible.)
Is that a bad idea, in your opinion?
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