Are these machines BIOS locked?
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I have not checked since I have no requirement to modify the BIOS. You can probably have more luck going through thinkpad user groups.
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the BIOS is not locked. But my hard drive was broken after a short time of use.
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Why would you? Nobody flashes bios with floppies anymore, unless u have old files.. then just buy an adapter. Front panel slots are obsolete. U can download everything now. Many case makers aren't even including them now, I got this case for size and water cooling.
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Check for a mother board that has the ability to unlock cores. This chip is.a dual core but 1 is disabled by the manufacturer. This way they sell the same chip as 2 products. Buy this, unlock, and you have the more expensive dual core for the single core price.
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John,I'm not sure exactly what you're asking, but I'm actually typing on the thing this minute. In my own experience (running Windows 7) the thing is literally plug & play. I've had this one a while, but don't recall anything other than minor adjustments being necessary straight out of the box - no BIOS adjustments, etc. Hope this helps.
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I have the ASUS, love it, and am trying to get into the bios. I have started it up 20 times pressing F2, and only saw the bios flash by once so I know it works, but I can't get into it despite repeated F2 during the boot up. Any suggestions please?
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I just installed these in a fresh PC build, it is not inherently compatible according to the ASUS list for this Mother Board. It doesn't time properly, however I heard if you can get into bios you can force the timing to 9-9-9-29 and it should work. Problem with a new PC is it wont load bios if ram check doesn't pass. I would recommend a different ram for the z79-a boards.
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Sorry, it depende on which country. No idea about US. In EU it is 2 years.But my concern, blocked access to extended BIOS and vt-x off, is not a "defect" but a feature according to ACER.
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I'm 99% sure that it needs a bios update to run it. Its super easy to do though, just follow the instructions in the manual.
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Yes, I've installed this chip but had to do a bios update before it would boot.
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Yes it is but you have to go into the bios once installed in order to get the correct frequency out of it
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Hey Roger... to answer that question accurately 2 things are needed 1) complete description of your system specs.. specially your operating system 2) someone qualified enough to interpret them. As far as i can confortably say... i git a pretty new Windows 8 laptop.. i only had to plug it.. and that's it... in this day in age no one would make a device that would require you to mess around with the bios.. of course provided your computer.. is not old as dirt.... Roger. This has worked so well so far that i d say. Buy it , try it if it does not work. Return it.
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Depends on the encryption being used. If bitlocker then yes as bit locker also detects changes in the bios settings and enabling or disabling tpm chip (via removal) counts. If the chip was removed and not attempted to boot hard drive, and then put back in, shoot work as long as bios settings are the same. But if an attempt is made, it won't matter if bios is the same or not, will prompt for recovery key. I would back up your recovery in advance, then you have nothing to worry about.
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The last one I bought (Dec 2013) had Richland support. You don't have to worry about the BIOS.
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Common problem...you have to press the key repeatedly and rapidly to catch the small time window where the bios comes up. The bios key window is very short by default (you can change that in the bios too, when you get in). I assume this is to keep the boot times to a minumum.
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If it would take it you would have to install xp and then try a restore. But with the bios and chipset it may not work right.
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Hi - I've been running 8.1 without issue for about 2 months now. I believe I've launched each of the various utils they offer at least once - don't recall any major problems. I did settle at one step below the ultra fast boot to allow the option to enter BIOS on boot.
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You can if you update the bios unless your lucky and they have an updated one for you. I suggest getting the impact vii version of this board. It has the z97 chipset. It will save you time.