Only thing that sucks so far is that I can't use normal means of activating my windows 7....
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > Really? Would HP know I OC'd? I mean right now my laptop still works > fine and passed RAM/HDD Tests as well. > > And about EFI, I installed Windows 7 in EFI mode. Heres what I had to do. > - Set BIOS to use UEFI > - Go to startup list and boot an EFI file (in this case, it was > EFI\Boot\bootmrgx64.efi or something like that on the win7 ult x64 > dvd) > - Install 7 normally for the most part (in order to use EFI booting, I > have to have a partition called HP_TOOLS in fat32. Nothing has to be > on it though, but it has to exist. I had to make my drive also GPT > prior to doing this from Ubuntu's Gparted. While creating partitions, > I had the normal system reserved partition, and a different partition > that was MSR reserved (EFI partition). Then I had my main partition > and my hp tools) > My windows 7 doesn't have the fancy boot screen anymore (it reverts > back to vista style with the bar) but I only see the loading screen > for maybe 3 seconds before it boots into windows, whereas if I was > using BIOS mode, it would take 30secs or more to go from the boot > screen to windows. > > Also I wanted to test out XP because I just assumed I might get > slightly better performance (not that it's bad in 7). In the end, I > just said forget it and then went back to 7. If I kept AHCI enabled > without proper drivers on install of XP, it would BSOD and restart > instantly. If I enabled AHCI after installing XP in IDE mode, it would > BSOD and restart as well. > > And isn't AHCI better then using IDE mode? My stuff still works fine > in AHCI mode from what I noticed anyway, and plus there was some > reason why it was better to use that over IDE, something that allowed > more commands or something i forget what it was called. > > > And some more about EFI. It's the thing that mac's use to boot OS X. > It's better then BIOS (for some reason that idk how to explain) > though. There are some OEM's that also use EFI as a total replacement > of the BIOS as well. The advantage of this is, a way nicer looking > BIOS-like interface. For instance, in my bios, I can use my mouse > (which is amazing for not even booting fully), and it actually has a > GUI instead of a blue screen with words and stuff. Also this makes > dual booting easier as well, and it might even make hackintosh OS X > installations go easier. But so far, using Windows 7 in UEFI mode > doesn't seem to have THAT much of a performance difference inside the > OS itself. It does make the boot faster though by far. > > Also I heard I could boot EFI applications like QuickLook (aparantly, > if I read correctly, I can read my email before I even boot an OS) > > On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 11:44 AM, hussam aulaian <[email protected]> wrote: >> yeah , and one more thing can i add to ur page , that bluescreen >> troubleshooter software ,, its free ,incase if u dont mine here is the link >> again >> http://cid-b0ec9a9e9e20660f.office.live.com/self.aspx/Software/bluescreenview%5E_setup.rar >> >> -- >> 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> > > > > -- > Espionage724 Has A Signature... > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
