bios upgrade

Forum discussion tagged with bios upgrade.
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    Question Is it possible that someone hacked my laptop BIOS?

    Several years ago, my neighbor hacked my laptop through my vintage Wi-Fi router (wpa-2!). During his repeated modifications to my hard drive, Windows 7 at the time, he mistakenly thought my CPU was 64-bit. Apparently the Toshiba L305 laptop came in 32 or 64-bit configurations. I started...
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    [SOLVED] No UEFI on Qosmio x875-Q7280. Neccesary?

    Hello to all! I own a Toshiba Qosmio x875-Q7280 that I purchased new in 2011. During these years there have been many BIOS versions have been released but I haven't installed any because I was afraid to ruin it as once I upgraded the BIOS and my laptop started to overheat. Hopefully I was able...
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    Question I need help regarding upgrading from i5-2500 to i7-3700/i5-3570k

    Hey guys, first time posting so I hope I'll get the much needed help. I want to upgrade from my old i5-2500 to a bit better i7-3700 (non-K) or i5-3570k. My motherboard is the Gigabyte GA-Z68P-DS3. I need to upgrade my BIOS, and I found the update on the Gigabyte website that would let me...
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    Question Xeon X5670 with P6T Deluxe V2 HELP

    So I got this Xeon X5670 off of ebay for like 20 bucks and it was supposed to replace my i7 920 trash. When I switched CPUs to my surprise the PC turned on but there was no input out of my keyboard, mouse, or monitor in response to the PC. I have recently discovered that I may need a BIOS...
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    I need a scheme to run my fans

    Hey everyone, this question was probably asked bilions of times before, but I didn't find anything informative for me to follow. So, my question is something like this: I just bought 6 Fractal Design Silence series R2 120mm fans, and I would like to use them in my case and on my CM 212 EVO CPU...