Legacy Bios

After transitioning from MBR to GPT, whether through the OS command prompt, the repair command prompt, or the Windows MediaCreationTool command prompt, my SSD fails to start up properly. Instead, it presents a black screen with a typing cursor (not a mouse cursor) at the top left corner after...

So my Quadro m2000 works with legacy bios but not with UEFI even though the firmware supports it i can boot into windowd using the igpu in uefi and the card shows up normally but i can't change to display on it i did the firmware update for DP this problem is driving me insane

Mobo: Gigabyte b450m aorus elite (2 m. 2 slots) Ryzen 5 2600 WD blue 500gb HDD Teamgroup 512 m.2 nvme ssd. Teamgroup m. 2 SATA 227GB ssd GTX 1650s Hi, I'm a newbie in pc. I recently cloned my ssd to a bigger size. This is my first time opening my pc for upgrade and after cloning ( I've watch...

So, spent all night and this entire morning trying to get the desktop I built yesterday to boot with UEFI Bios. I have a SSD from my old desktop with Windows 10 Pro installed and when plugging it into the new desktop, it works fine and boots as normal. My new SSD is also discovered in bios and...

Hello everyone! I have a Laptop Dell Precision M4800 with i7-4810MQ CPU, with the latest BIOS update (the version of latest update was released in 2019) I installed windows 10 on the HDD with UEFI Windows 10 which works properly. I bought a new SSD Crucial MX500 250GB, and I wanted to replace...

Dear TomsHardware Users! I have a problem with new intel 500 chipset the enable CSM module grayed out on BIOS settings because of i5 11600 vbios not support anymore. If i buy i5 10600 and run with h510 chipset can i enable CSM legacy boot or not? Thanks for help! Bye, Nexux!

Hi, I have a question regarding an older GPU that was running fine in my older system, but refuses to work in my new system. CPU: i5 11400 Motherboard: B560M Aorus Pro Ram: 16GB Crucial Ballistix 3200 Mhz (XMP enabled) SSD/HDD: 1TB M.2 NVMe, 2TB 7200rpm HDD GPU: AMD Radeon r9 270x 2gb sapphire...

I recently picked up an Asus Founders Edition 1080 Ti, and wanted to put it in my current PC, a Z420 workstation from my dad's old work. Along with the 1080 Ti, I bought a new PSU (a Corsair RM750 2019) to feed the hungrier graphics card. The original HP proprietary mobo takes an 18-pin power...

Hello. So as the title says. I wonder if the 1000 series works on my motherboard (ms-7525 with lga 775). All I worried about is legacy bios. The graphics card I'm currency using is GT 1030 DDR4 2GB OC (ya i know this one is very bad). I want to upgrade from that gpu to something like...

Hello, I am having trouble installing Windows 10 from scratch to my new SSD. I want to discard my old computer later on this year but i've decided to buy a very cheap SSD until that time to boost performance a little. Here are my specs: Processor: Intel Core I5 CPU 760 2.80GHz 4 cores Very old...

Currently, I have Legacy Bios. Soon, I expect to switch to UEFI. My objective is to turn on Secure Boot. (To mess up with Windows 11. I only want to turn on Secure Boot to meet the requirements). But it is good to check my motherboard supports Secure Boot. My motherboard is Gigabyte Gaming B8-CF.

I have a Dell XPS 14 l421x model laptop which came with window 7 pros into legacy boot mode so I want to know can I upgrade my window 7 into window 10 and change the legacy boot mode option into UEFI without having the fresh installation of window 10 or there are any ways please keep me...

I am using an ASUS H310M-CS R2.0 mobo, Whenever I enter bios its looks like the plain legacy one which is white and blue. When I checked my system info it says BIOS mode is UEFI, then why doesn't it show the graphical UEFI bios that ASUS has instead of the plain white and blue one. Is there any...

Hi folks, A couple of weeks ago I updated an old build. I got a new B450 Tomahawk Max motherboard alongside an Intel 660p SSD. I had an old Win 10 flash drive which I used to install the OS and which ended up to be a 1703 version. I figured it would update eventually to 2009 but then I read...

Hi guys, I was wondering if you can help me with the next issue that I am not able to solve on my own. I read all around and tried all kind of fixes but didn't managed to make it work. I'm having an older SATA HDD that has Win 7 32bit installed on a laptop that had legacy bios. I am trying to...

I have Windows 10 installed in SSD in legacy mode (not UEFI). I have connected it to gigabyte brix. When I turn on the Brix, its does not boot from SSD. Instead it gives me UEFI shell: When I type exit and hit enter in above shell prompt, it seems to take me to BIOS which lists SSD is...

I purchased a Sapphire Radeon NITRO Rx 460 4GB GDDR5 HDMI / DVI-D / DP OC (UEFI) PCI-E Graphics Card Graphics Cards (11257-02-20G): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01J1M4HDS/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1. It arrived today and it doesn't work. Fun times. My PC is an HP...

I'm just very lost and confused on what to do. PC was working fine up until 2 days ago and now I have no idea what to do to fix it. It's unusable due to the amount of stuttering, and whenever there is audio, it makes horrible buzzing noises. It started happening after I converted from legacy to...

I am trying to find the appropriate firmware to update my BIOS to. I have an older system made in 2009, and traditional support for my setup is non-existent. With this being said, I am concerned about trying to flash my BIOS with wrong firmware and was hoping someone more familiar with this...

hello so i was planning to buy gt 1030 (msi aero itx gt 1030 oc gddr5) then i searched about will it be compatible with my pc specs and i am sure i don't have any issues with my psu or cpu but the motherboard is kinda confusing a little bit and i don't know if the gt 1030 support legacy bios...

Hey, So, I'm trying to recover a Windows 10 account password for a family friend that has forgotten the password on a HP pavilion laptop. The laptop boot loader is only allowing me to select a bootable USB or CD as the boot option, if legacy mode is enabled within the bios. If legacy mode is...

Tought about upgrading my GTX 950 (which works fine up to this day) and recently bought a RX 580 8Gb Asrock, but the rest of my build is ancient (will upgrade soon). My concern is if the new GPU will work fine or I'll have performance issues. My Rig: Windows 10 Pro x64 8Gb RAM DDR2 800Mhz Core...

Hello, I just want to ask a question. So I tried to reformat my friends laptop, the BIOS mode is set to UEFI. The thing is, the laptop doesn't recognize the USB Bootable Device (Windows 10 Installer) from the boot menu. Although I re-arranged the boot order, the laptop just goes straight...

I read here and there , that the GT 1030 needs a UEFI bios motherboard , my g31mxp has a legacy bios , and I instaleld the latest update which was released in 2011 , so here the thing , I read somewhere else as well that any board comes with a PCIe X16 will work just fine . so If I bought it...

Hello everyone! I am currently planning on getting an MSI B360 Bazooka mobo, in order to put an i7 8700 in my gaming PC. But according to Userbenchmark, I guess my current Intenso SATA III 480GB SSD in incompatible with that motherboard? I can spare just about 100 bucks for a new SSD, that...

I'm switching motherboards and my current motherboard has a Windows 8 key baked into the bios (now running Windows 10 with free upgrade). If I grab the key and activate it on the new motherboard, what happens when I sell the old motherboard? Also, I'm running Windows 10, but the key is for...

LOOK AT THE TREES WHEN MOVING THE CAMERA (If you don't see anything, really focus on the trees, they appear to be ghosting slightly, this isn't my monitor, other things don't ghost) LOOK AT THE EDGES OF THE LETTERS This is a video from Civ 5 but this glitch also happens in some other games...