Quote from: Pete_X on February 23, 2018, 06:10:24 AM

Quote from: hankt on February 23, 2018, 05:17:43 AM

Alright folks, I am in need of a small bit of help.

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Request:

1) What do I do with windows in this state? Spidey senses are signalling a reset and loss of installed programs thus time spent in search of license keys and documentation prior to a reset/reinstall.

2) Where do I find stock a reliable list of stock BIOSes? I've got several tools which allow me to see manufacturer information (cpu-z for instance) and SRBPolaris to check memory supplier.

Comment on issue with GGS: when running 13 cards, the AMD cards(4) come and go in productivity but Nvidia(9) cards all function fine.

Thank you in advance for any assistance given,

Hank

1. You could try a Repair Install (of W10?) with an Inplace Upgrade. There is an option to keep all personal Data and installed Programms. So nothing will be lost and normally the OS gets fixed. There is a good guide on tenforums.com - just search for "W10 Repair Install".

2. Techpowerup has a nice collection of verified stock Bioses ... (and we all know that we should do a backup before we flash - right Wink

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Edit: Such cases of damaged system files happen mostly when write cache is active and the system gets stuck somehow and it gets rebooted "too fast". Normally the ssd and hdds at least try to get their stuff together for a given amount of time - even when the screen is frozen - the OS may still be alive ...

It may have been the fall creator update, but there is not longer an option to keep both personal data and installed programs. If you go down this route you can only keep personal data.

I'll have a look on Techpowerup - however, the one that I downloaded for a D900 was incorrect. Atiflash wouldn't allow it to be put on the card.

Unfortunately, I bought 2nd hand and do not have the original BIOS available.