That increase should tell you something ;P On Jun 21, 5:38 pm, Espionage724 <[email protected]> wrote: > 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...
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