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So far I've got 9 machines registered.
I still think I'm going to wait a while before I jump into the fray. Win 7 is still doing fine with me. I've got a year, right?
I still think I'm going to wait a while before I jump into the fray. Win 7 is still doing fine with me. I've got a year, right?
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BIOS. Whatever the MS UG/DG did, it must have modified the boot order *and* disabled the keyboard input. I can't imagine that could have happened w/o writing to the CMOS?
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Also, for your knowledge - this is the difference between the CMOS and a BIOS.
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001360.htm
While I respect your opinion, I find it highly unlikely that it went in to change the boot order AND disabled the keyboard input. In fact, dare I say it, it's impossible. Something else must have happened.
PS - check your PM.
Also, is your mobo UEFI compliant? (and you just turned on legacy BIOS) or is your board a BIOS only (for all intents and purposes) board?
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Also, for your knowledge - this is the difference between the CMOS and a BIOS.
While I respect your opinion, I find it highly unlikely that it went in to change the boot order AND disabled the keyboard input. In fact, dare I say it, it's impossible. Something else must have happened.
Also, is your mobo UEFI compliant? (and you just turned on legacy BIOS) or is your board a BIOS only (for all intents and purposes) board?
No UEFI option or any option to switch to such in BIOS (Phoenix FWIW) on the bricked Acer (the 1 year newer Aspire I am typing this on does though, and I will not be UGing to Win 10 on it).
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In all its sordid glory.....
https://youtu.be/taWuuXlT7NQ
https://youtu.be/taWuuXlT7NQ
Do you have a working Linux OS on a USB stick - see if you can boot into that after pulling the HDD & into the Setup/Safe Mode to reset everything. It's difficult to do on the road without tools and/or access to extra parts - maybe, open up the cover/case/back & pull out the CMOS "coin" battery, wait 5 minutes & pop in a new one. Acer's MB isn't 100% DOA and just need to find a way to "interrupt" its current boot/startup sequence.
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I've tried no HD and even the normal Win 8.1 disk but no go on that. USB key (with 8/8.1 recovery AND minimal DOS) doesn't work, nor does a Win 7 recovery DVD. Might try a CD next as it is trying to boot to optical and something fast may work (even tried the HD in an ODD caddy).
And Acer seems to have gone towards using non-volatile CMOS so one cannot reset the memory by taking out the CMOS battery (done that, out for an hour+). Have to find CMOS shorting points (none apparent) or it would seem, try to reflash the memory (but the files may not be publicly available).
And Acer seems to have gone towards using non-volatile CMOS so one cannot reset the memory by taking out the CMOS battery (done that, out for an hour+). Have to find CMOS shorting points (none apparent) or it would seem, try to reflash the memory (but the files may not be publicly available).
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Over at MDL Forum, seemed that hardware with AMD chipsets are experiencing more "challenges" upgrading to W10 for whatever reasons ... and 64 bits OS isn't as kind as 32 bits.
Updated both "older" Dell laptop of mine & 2 Dell desktop thus far, gone 99.8% smoothly - holding off doing my Sony Viao, lightweight & slim for travel - AMD chipset and support site advising to hold off until they can test all the drivers & see if patches are needed, etc. - perhaps ... So, I'm going to wait.
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I am counting my blessings after reading this thread.
My download was relatively quick ( about 90 minutes) from start to finish.
The only 2 issues I have found so far:
1. my inability to get regular Chrome to load. I switched to Chrome Canary and it works fine.
2. it appears to drain the battery on my Samsung Ativa much faster then 8.1 did.
I do have another laptop to upgrade...but I am giving it a few weeks to see how it plays out with this one.
My download was relatively quick ( about 90 minutes) from start to finish.
The only 2 issues I have found so far:
1. my inability to get regular Chrome to load. I switched to Chrome Canary and it works fine.
2. it appears to drain the battery on my Samsung Ativa much faster then 8.1 did.
I do have another laptop to upgrade...but I am giving it a few weeks to see how it plays out with this one.
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Yikes ... tried skipping this link and see if there's anything of use to you http://forum.notebookreview.com/thre...thread.664178/
Over at MDL Forum, seemed that hardware with AMD chipsets are experiencing more "challenges" upgrading to W10 for whatever reasons ... and 64 bits OS isn't as kind as 32 bits.
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What used to happen directly after? The Windows boot screen?
I still cannot fathom how the W10 upgrade caused that to happen. In fact, my entire world is now....flipped upside down. I just can't think of what happened to cause that. In support, root cause is usually narrowed down to an event that triggered the problem. So in this case, I agree, it probably has something to do with the W10 upgrade. However, in my head, that's an impossible root cause. Would be very interested to hear what the issue was!
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Anyways, to answer your question, you have technically until 2020, when W7 is end of life (EOL).