MBR or GPT for notebook with BIOS.

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I have an Asus X55A that uses BIOS but I can't quite find the answer as to whether BIOS can boot a GPT formatted disk or whether the disk has to be formatted as MBR.
 
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NO, CSM is actually what sets it to Legacy... perhaps link wasn't best as that is someone asking how to install win 7 on laptop, i just used it as an example of your board having UEFI

You want to leave CSM off if you want UEFI

If you are installing win 10, the installer will recognise your Laptop as UEFI and insist on using GPT
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Can I confirm from anything else in the BIOS or just look for Secure Boot? I've have the new sdd mounted ready to go so can't determine anything from the OS unless I remount the hdd...
 
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NO, CSM is actually what sets it to Legacy... perhaps link wasn't best as that is someone asking how to install win 7 on laptop, i just used it as an example of your board having UEFI

You want to leave CSM off if you want UEFI

If you are installing win 10, the installer will recognise your Laptop as UEFI and insist on using GPT
 
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Oh ok got it, it's disabled by default anyway. Ok should be all set now. Thanks.
 
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Are you referring to me not bothering to read it or that it actually doesn't? I briefly skimmed it before but couldn't find any mention of UEFI...
 
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I'm surprised there's nothing on the bios either, it's not a high spec laptop but still, I had to go asking around for info on the UEFI. If it was just in the manual...
 
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it doesn't matter when you create the standard user as I assume you using the admin to install everything? the standard user will have access to every program on pc but obviously not admin access. I am using a local user myself but would have gone mad had I not made it admin as entering a password to do things was annoying. It lasted 3 days.

you can name the main user whatever you like at install
 
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I was somewhat concerned about having to enter the admin password so often as well but I've got used to. I've become rather security conscious and my understanding is that your risk of infection is significantly higher while running an administrator account. It's just another security layer really and some people might think the inconvenience is not worth it...
 
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if you only go to safe sites and have enough security programs on PC that stop you even visiting bad ones, and also have UAC running on PC, the chances of getting infected are small. Sure, its not non existent but I don't have anything on this PC anyone would want to steal that they couldn't get another way is enough to stop me going security mad.

Never had it happen yet and been using internet with much less secure programs in the past. Only viruses I ever found were in backup folders and programs I had never installed. Virus scans only find cookies now and if they do. they from edge as it didn't have a adblocker for a while. I don't use edge, PC shouldn't ever load it as its not my default now. Every other browser has Ublock origin running on it.

I could get used to having to enter password if I had to, it happens on my phone every few days as if i don't use fingerprint unlock in over a day it resorts to password instead. difference is that iss a 4 digit number, my password in windows isn't that short.
 
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I've found that I don't have to provide the admin password to many things all that too often and after a while it feels like your running from an admin account anyway. I would say not having a ridiculously long password to type as well would keep you more sane.

For the extra protection it provides with no real major inconvenience I'm happy with it for now. I agree though that if you practice safe computing the chances of getting infected are quite small. I've used previous computers insecurely and ended up with a lot of junk and minor viruses etc but I've never had a major virus that I can think of but I may have. I didn't take computer security very seriously back then.

Mean while the laptop is up and running on a brand new Samsung ssd and is looking great.
 
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I have a few programs that need me to confirm UAC screen before they load, so its easier to click okay than to enter a password each time I load them. Speedfan needs it every time, for instance. I don't use it much in cooler months but soon I will use it every day, just to watch the temps on my CPU. I can't think of other programs off the top of my head but they exist.
 
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Yeah the temps are ramping up here in NZ now too, especially today. The coolant temp in my H80i GT is running a good 3C higher as of today and 3-4C higher CPU temps. My GTX 970 is sitting on 40C idle! I should really be setting some custom fan curves up. What do you cool your 4690k with?
 
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i set up my gpu fan profile last night, not that i need it yet. Normally fan doesn't come on until its 40C but I find setting a minimum fan % keeps the other parts of pc cooler as well. We had storms today so PC hasn't been on long, CPU core at 32c without water cooling, GPU at 34C and going down.

My case slightly different inside to most PC, the red thing is a Graphics card if you were wondering. Its the least likely case to water cool since its made for air cooling but I have seen people do it. All the air blows out the top instead of out the back, hot air rises after all.

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its not my pic, its just an example, I have the black case anyway and it looks better.
 
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Interesting case with the mobo mounted on the left, kinda makes me think Corsair Air series cases but even more different. Are there any advantages to this design? What sort of air cooling are you using?
 
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The motherboard rotated 90 degrees, here is a direct link to its web site. I don't have the windowed model as it would be on wrong side anyway and its quieter without it.

The black things at the base are 3 x 180mm air penetrator fans (the bottom of the case is elevated by 1 inch to allow intakes for the fans - there is a strip of aluminium that wraps around entire case and between it and the case bottom is a 1 inch gap to allow air to be sucked in) which cool all the parts above them, so 1 fan blows at CPU, 1 fan is directly under the GPU and 1 is under the hdd cages, and as you can see from video, they concentrate the flow pretty well.

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8m8fC809TK0"][/video]

advantages? well, I can put case right up against a wall and not have to worry about the airflow. It made my room cooler last summer as with my last PC I used to get hot air bouncing off the wall behind PC and roasting me. It uses positive air flow to blow all the dust and heat out of case,

[video="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sh6F2eccMec"][/video]

so i don't clean it very often - just open it up, take out the filters on the intake fans, close case again. Last time I did any more than that was when I installed the GTX 980 last December. I have to clean it soon I guess.

I don't know if its better, i just always wanted case since i saw it a few years ago. It was 5 years old when i chose it for my PC, newer cases have more ssd slots (though I could have 7 in case so that is probably enough). I just think hot air rises so why not blow it all out top - makes it easier to get it out of room then too.
 
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Where exactly does the hot air escape in that case? I can't really see and exhaust except for next to the right most lower fan under where the PSU goes? Are you using a big air cooler, they mean't to exhaust too right?

My 450D isn't too bad on dust, I probably have a more neutral pressure setup, a few squirts with compressed air every couple of weeks removes any dust. I did notice higher than usual CPU temps recently and couldn't pin point anything, decided to take the H80i radiator apart and found that it was *clogged* with dust, after cleaning it my temps were easily 7-10C lower again, that was a build up of about a year (in the radiator after taking the fans off)
 
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