Na you didn't mention it was slower, however I kinda figured in a way that performance would be slightly different between sata and ide.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 12:39 PM, tribaljet <[email protected]> wrote: > Just think of it this way, there is a reason why we no longer use > fat32, instead ntfs because of filesize limit, file stamps, blablabla. > It's something similar with ide, not to mention it disables esata. And > did I mention it's slower than native sata aka ahci? > > On Jun 21, 5:36 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
