Windows 10 update has Changed my BIOS on both my laptop and desktop. Is it safe to reflash the BIOS? [on...
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I have my work desktop with a Gigabyte MB and AMD CPU with two ssds that are my main drives. I discovered today that on this desktop that I now have duplicate settings in the BIOS but each have different settings. I have multiple issues in the past 24 hours with my boot setup. My boot order has been turned upside down and it is very difficult to get a proper boot setup. I have been in the hospital for 6 weeks after surgery and this unit has not been used at all. I no sooner turned it on than I was hit the need to install updates and it did just that. I have never had a problem such as this and I have 40+ years of experience building and repairing pcs.
Also, I have a TOSHIBA Satellite laptop that I took to the hospital with me the end of October which after the Windows 10 update, I severely wanted to throw out the window. Again, I have never had the first time to experience difficulty with that laptop as I use it for travel quite frequently as well as my office. Just as I mentioned above, right out of the shoot, I was unable to boot into my hard drive. I was able to boot from a USB drive or CD but I still could not access my hard drive for startup. Every time that I turned it on, there was something different going on with the BIOS. IN this case, my BIOS options began disappearing. My backlit keyboard no longer lit and my NUMLOCK key had no effect at boot up when I need to use my number pad. I am quite disgusted. I have seen some of the craziest things happen than I have ever saw on any laptop that I have ever worked with. I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THE UPDATE. YES, I KEEP MY BIOS UP TO DATE!
My question now is whether I am going to have to buy a new mobo for the desktop and replace the mobo in the Satellite or shell out another $1600 for a new laptop?
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I have my work desktop with a Gigabyte MB and AMD CPU with two ssds that are my main drives. I discovered today that on this desktop that I now have duplicate settings in the BIOS but each have different settings. I have multiple issues in the past 24 hours with my boot setup. My boot order has been turned upside down and it is very difficult to get a proper boot setup. I have been in the hospital for 6 weeks after surgery and this unit has not been used at all. I no sooner turned it on than I was hit the need to install updates and it did just that. I have never had a problem such as this and I have 40+ years of experience building and repairing pcs.
Also, I have a TOSHIBA Satellite laptop that I took to the hospital with me the end of October which after the Windows 10 update, I severely wanted to throw out the window. Again, I have never had the first time to experience difficulty with that laptop as I use it for travel quite frequently as well as my office. Just as I mentioned above, right out of the shoot, I was unable to boot into my hard drive. I was able to boot from a USB drive or CD but I still could not access my hard drive for startup. Every time that I turned it on, there was something different going on with the BIOS. IN this case, my BIOS options began disappearing. My backlit keyboard no longer lit and my NUMLOCK key had no effect at boot up when I need to use my number pad. I am quite disgusted. I have seen some of the craziest things happen than I have ever saw on any laptop that I have ever worked with. I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THE UPDATE. YES, I KEEP MY BIOS UP TO DATE!
My question now is whether I am going to have to buy a new mobo for the desktop and replace the mobo in the Satellite or shell out another $1600 for a new laptop?
bios
asked 2 days ago
Larry Alexander
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put on hold as unclear what you're asking by davidgo, Ramhound, DavidPostill♦ yesterday
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. See the How to Ask page for help clarifying this question. If this question can be reworded to fit the rules in the help center, please edit the question.
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Welcome to Superuser. As written, your post is inappropriate and difficult to read. Please modify your post do it (a) focusses on the problem rather then complain about your OS, (b) includes pertinent info like the laptop model numbers and (c) Format your text into paragraphs so it's not a wall of text.
– davidgo
2 days ago
Are you sure the issue is your BIOS and not simply additional entries in the UEFI? If the latter, Google UEFI editor and get one which will allow you to clean up your UEFI. (For OS woes, have you considered an alternative OS like Ubuntu?)
– davidgo
2 days ago
I am absolutely positive. If it happened on one machine, it might write it off as a coincidence but with both machine getting stupid at the same time with different mobo, BIOS, and totally different in their use, I find it more a matter of Microsoft going too far. As I am finding out, I am not the only one. Besides, if it didn't cause monumental problems, they wouldn't be releasing the update for the third time!
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
I am not a Linux person. I don't have a ton of money to spend on replacing or making a conversion so that I could continue using the software that I use.
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
Windows did not and cannot change your BIOS.
– Keltari
yesterday
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I have my work desktop with a Gigabyte MB and AMD CPU with two ssds that are my main drives. I discovered today that on this desktop that I now have duplicate settings in the BIOS but each have different settings. I have multiple issues in the past 24 hours with my boot setup. My boot order has been turned upside down and it is very difficult to get a proper boot setup. I have been in the hospital for 6 weeks after surgery and this unit has not been used at all. I no sooner turned it on than I was hit the need to install updates and it did just that. I have never had a problem such as this and I have 40+ years of experience building and repairing pcs.
Also, I have a TOSHIBA Satellite laptop that I took to the hospital with me the end of October which after the Windows 10 update, I severely wanted to throw out the window. Again, I have never had the first time to experience difficulty with that laptop as I use it for travel quite frequently as well as my office. Just as I mentioned above, right out of the shoot, I was unable to boot into my hard drive. I was able to boot from a USB drive or CD but I still could not access my hard drive for startup. Every time that I turned it on, there was something different going on with the BIOS. IN this case, my BIOS options began disappearing. My backlit keyboard no longer lit and my NUMLOCK key had no effect at boot up when I need to use my number pad. I am quite disgusted. I have seen some of the craziest things happen than I have ever saw on any laptop that I have ever worked with. I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THE UPDATE. YES, I KEEP MY BIOS UP TO DATE!
My question now is whether I am going to have to buy a new mobo for the desktop and replace the mobo in the Satellite or shell out another $1600 for a new laptop?
bios
asked 2 days ago
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I have my work desktop with a Gigabyte MB and AMD CPU with two ssds that are my main drives. I discovered today that on this desktop that I now have duplicate settings in the BIOS but each have different settings. I have multiple issues in the past 24 hours with my boot setup. My boot order has been turned upside down and it is very difficult to get a proper boot setup. I have been in the hospital for 6 weeks after surgery and this unit has not been used at all. I no sooner turned it on than I was hit the need to install updates and it did just that. I have never had a problem such as this and I have 40+ years of experience building and repairing pcs.
Also, I have a TOSHIBA Satellite laptop that I took to the hospital with me the end of October which after the Windows 10 update, I severely wanted to throw out the window. Again, I have never had the first time to experience difficulty with that laptop as I use it for travel quite frequently as well as my office. Just as I mentioned above, right out of the shoot, I was unable to boot into my hard drive. I was able to boot from a USB drive or CD but I still could not access my hard drive for startup. Every time that I turned it on, there was something different going on with the BIOS. IN this case, my BIOS options began disappearing. My backlit keyboard no longer lit and my NUMLOCK key had no effect at boot up when I need to use my number pad. I am quite disgusted. I have seen some of the craziest things happen than I have ever saw on any laptop that I have ever worked with. I DID NOT HAVE ANY PROBLEMS BEFORE THE UPDATE. YES, I KEEP MY BIOS UP TO DATE!
My question now is whether I am going to have to buy a new mobo for the desktop and replace the mobo in the Satellite or shell out another $1600 for a new laptop?
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bios
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put on hold as unclear what you're asking by davidgo, Ramhound, DavidPostill♦ yesterday
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Welcome to Superuser. As written, your post is inappropriate and difficult to read. Please modify your post do it (a) focusses on the problem rather then complain about your OS, (b) includes pertinent info like the laptop model numbers and (c) Format your text into paragraphs so it's not a wall of text.
– davidgo
2 days ago
Are you sure the issue is your BIOS and not simply additional entries in the UEFI? If the latter, Google UEFI editor and get one which will allow you to clean up your UEFI. (For OS woes, have you considered an alternative OS like Ubuntu?)
– davidgo
2 days ago
I am absolutely positive. If it happened on one machine, it might write it off as a coincidence but with both machine getting stupid at the same time with different mobo, BIOS, and totally different in their use, I find it more a matter of Microsoft going too far. As I am finding out, I am not the only one. Besides, if it didn't cause monumental problems, they wouldn't be releasing the update for the third time!
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
I am not a Linux person. I don't have a ton of money to spend on replacing or making a conversion so that I could continue using the software that I use.
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
Windows did not and cannot change your BIOS.
– Keltari
yesterday
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Welcome to Superuser. As written, your post is inappropriate and difficult to read. Please modify your post do it (a) focusses on the problem rather then complain about your OS, (b) includes pertinent info like the laptop model numbers and (c) Format your text into paragraphs so it's not a wall of text.
– davidgo
2 days ago
Are you sure the issue is your BIOS and not simply additional entries in the UEFI? If the latter, Google UEFI editor and get one which will allow you to clean up your UEFI. (For OS woes, have you considered an alternative OS like Ubuntu?)
– davidgo
2 days ago
I am absolutely positive. If it happened on one machine, it might write it off as a coincidence but with both machine getting stupid at the same time with different mobo, BIOS, and totally different in their use, I find it more a matter of Microsoft going too far. As I am finding out, I am not the only one. Besides, if it didn't cause monumental problems, they wouldn't be releasing the update for the third time!
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
I am not a Linux person. I don't have a ton of money to spend on replacing or making a conversion so that I could continue using the software that I use.
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
Windows did not and cannot change your BIOS.
– Keltari
yesterday
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Welcome to Superuser. As written, your post is inappropriate and difficult to read. Please modify your post do it (a) focusses on the problem rather then complain about your OS, (b) includes pertinent info like the laptop model numbers and (c) Format your text into paragraphs so it's not a wall of text.
– davidgo
2 days ago
Welcome to Superuser. As written, your post is inappropriate and difficult to read. Please modify your post do it (a) focusses on the problem rather then complain about your OS, (b) includes pertinent info like the laptop model numbers and (c) Format your text into paragraphs so it's not a wall of text.
– davidgo
2 days ago
Are you sure the issue is your BIOS and not simply additional entries in the UEFI? If the latter, Google UEFI editor and get one which will allow you to clean up your UEFI. (For OS woes, have you considered an alternative OS like Ubuntu?)
– davidgo
2 days ago
Are you sure the issue is your BIOS and not simply additional entries in the UEFI? If the latter, Google UEFI editor and get one which will allow you to clean up your UEFI. (For OS woes, have you considered an alternative OS like Ubuntu?)
– davidgo
2 days ago
I am absolutely positive. If it happened on one machine, it might write it off as a coincidence but with both machine getting stupid at the same time with different mobo, BIOS, and totally different in their use, I find it more a matter of Microsoft going too far. As I am finding out, I am not the only one. Besides, if it didn't cause monumental problems, they wouldn't be releasing the update for the third time!
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
I am absolutely positive. If it happened on one machine, it might write it off as a coincidence but with both machine getting stupid at the same time with different mobo, BIOS, and totally different in their use, I find it more a matter of Microsoft going too far. As I am finding out, I am not the only one. Besides, if it didn't cause monumental problems, they wouldn't be releasing the update for the third time!
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
I am not a Linux person. I don't have a ton of money to spend on replacing or making a conversion so that I could continue using the software that I use.
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
I am not a Linux person. I don't have a ton of money to spend on replacing or making a conversion so that I could continue using the software that I use.
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
Windows did not and cannot change your BIOS.
– Keltari
yesterday
Windows did not and cannot change your BIOS.
– Keltari
yesterday
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Welcome to Superuser. As written, your post is inappropriate and difficult to read. Please modify your post do it (a) focusses on the problem rather then complain about your OS, (b) includes pertinent info like the laptop model numbers and (c) Format your text into paragraphs so it's not a wall of text.
– davidgo
2 days ago
Are you sure the issue is your BIOS and not simply additional entries in the UEFI? If the latter, Google UEFI editor and get one which will allow you to clean up your UEFI. (For OS woes, have you considered an alternative OS like Ubuntu?)
– davidgo
2 days ago
I am absolutely positive. If it happened on one machine, it might write it off as a coincidence but with both machine getting stupid at the same time with different mobo, BIOS, and totally different in their use, I find it more a matter of Microsoft going too far. As I am finding out, I am not the only one. Besides, if it didn't cause monumental problems, they wouldn't be releasing the update for the third time!
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
I am not a Linux person. I don't have a ton of money to spend on replacing or making a conversion so that I could continue using the software that I use.
– Larry Alexander
2 days ago
Windows did not and cannot change your BIOS.
– Keltari
yesterday