Na it allows activation as well (I think it deletes parts of the activation system though).
My BIOS is from 11/29/09 also. And from what I noticed, if I use the normal AHCI drivers in 7, I get 5.1 in my HDD, but when I switch to AMD's AHCI drivers, it goes to 7.1 :D On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:36 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't HAVE to, but your computer would be faster with it on. > How old is your BIOS? > And I thought RemoveWAT was used to disable/remove that optional > update that is the new generation WGA. > > On Jun 21, 5:32 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: >> Grr.. well I hope I don't have to turn it in or anything... >> >> And yea whenever my laptop starts up, it starts up like any other >> computer (gives you options to enter BIOS settings, and boot from >> device), I just select a device and it lets me choose HDD, Optical, or >> EFI File, if I choose EFI file, it will then give me a list of all >> devices/partitions on the system and then I can choose an EFI file. >> >> After enabling UEFI mode and installing 7, theres now a new boot >> choice called Windows Boot Loader. I choose that to boot into 7. >> >> Also I fixed my "means" of activation by using RemoveWAT. >> >> >> >> On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:18 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: >> > You're on to something great. Unfortunately there aren't that many >> > laptop bios with uefi support so far. There are some tools (mainly >> > linux based, I think) that allow you to do basic things like playing >> > mp3, using webmails, and things like that. >> > AHCI is good, everytime. If you can enable it, do it. It is faster and >> > cooler, it's not a big difference but it's there. If you want to >> > enable it, read my guide a few posts back, and if you do let me know >> > if everything went well. IDE is like xp, ancient history, not >> > supported anymore and prone to compatibility errors, like AHCI which >> > is common ground nowadays. >> > After you set your BIOS to UEFI, it let you choose an EFI file for you >> > to boot from? >> > And yes, HP will know you OC'd, but it depends on what the situation >> > might be. >> >> > On Jun 21, 5:05 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/bluesc... >> >> >> > -- >> >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> >> >> -- >> >> Espionage724 Has A Signature... >> >> > -- >> > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS >> >> -- >> Espionage724 Has A Signature... > > -- > 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS > -- Espionage724 Has A Signature... -- 9xx SOLDIERS SANS FRONTIERS
