UEFI flashing after drivers

[Lester_L]

Hi. I am new here and yesterday I finally turned on my new pc I bought from cyberpowerpc (first and last time I do this as there were some small DOA parts and their customer service is horrid)

A few questions as I am learning more and more about hardware
I had to use flash bios button on the motherboard (MSI Arsenal X299 TOMHAWK AC) when my GPU suddenly stopped turning after 3 reboots from various events 1. Windows update, 2nd razr mouse software, 3 after realizing my onboard wifi is not showing up any connections so I did the whole device manager troubleshooting the whole 9 yards. It appears my bios is UEFI which is GUI and cyberpower told me the windows 10 home key is embedded in motherboard. Any reason why that is? Does GUI bios mean its all software and not legacy so I am at a risk of installing any new form of software?

Any thoughts/comments/suggestions.

Also do not buy from them, incase you've read this far. Horrible business and customer service.

 

[androbourne]

Hmmm no issues there. UEFI is just the new BIOS standard. The GUI of an UEFI BIOS is normally easier to use because it allow for use of the mouse and graphics. Old legacy BIOs were all keyboard and tabbing.

There is nothing wrong with using UEFI BIOS and it is actually suggested you use it.

Legacy settings are still support in UEFI, such as IDE usage, you just need to enable it in the BIOS if you need the support on.

So no, it wont stop you from using newer softwares.

As far as the embedded key. I'm not sure what to tell you. I don't even know what that means... (are you saying that you need to hit the home key to get into the BIOS?) normally it is del or esc but keys change based on the BIOS used and on what hardware vendor. This is not abnormal.

 

[Barty1884]

I'm not understanding the question here?

Windows 10's activation is a link between the hardware it's installed on, your MS account and MS's servers. The reason why it's like that, is that's where Microsoft moved to. It's not unique to cyberpower.

The UEFI mode in the BIOS just means it's not configured to support older hardware (being X299, that's fairly expected). It's limited to hardware though, and will not limit your ability to install software.

With legacy BIOS support, you can boot from more devices, alternate OS's, and it's a little less secure.

As for Cybperpower..... yeah, we knew that. Unfortunately, the time to do your research on a company is before you buy from them, not after.

 

[Lester_L]

Right I understand but GPU stopped turning on and monitor was showing no displays connected after those said events, all software install/uninstall related and I had to flash bios.

What does that mean?

Thanks for your answers guys. I really appreciate it. I'm fairly good with software but hardware setups which is why I went with that company but little did I know heh. You learn from your mistakes.