Helcaraxe Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Hi, I've just ordered a new motherboard that has UEFI bios on it. This is going to be new for me so I was wondering if there are any pitfalls to look out for when I do my new build this weekend. I know that Vr5FX has a mobo with this bios on it so they maybe the one to shed some light on this. The build will use my trusty Phenom 965 BE and 8gb of Samsung green ddr3 a OCZ Vertex 2E 120gb SSD and 500gb HDD, will also utilize my HD7850 GPU. OS will be Windows 7 pro. Quote AMD FX 8350 @4.7gh/ Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0/ 8gb Samsung Green DDR3@2133mhz @2133mhz/ASUS HD 7850 2gb 1150/5400/ OCZ 126GB SSD/ Western Digital 500gb HDD/ OCZ Mod X Stream Pro 600w PSU/ Antec Kuhler H20 920/ Antec 900 V2
Vr5fx Posted February 21, 2013 Posted February 21, 2013 Hi, Helcaraxe. I have never really looked at my BIOS, other than to change boot priority. I had a brief look at it after seeing this thread though. It's feels far more advance, more informative and easy to use. It is like it has its own OS. The only problem I have with mine is that it takes longer for the BIOS to detect SATA devices than it does to boot to windows. :p (yay SSD) So really. No problems. I would probably benefit from updating to be honest. -Vr Quote AMD FX 6100 @ 3.9Ghz / Asus M5A99X EVO 990X / G-Skill 8GB DDR3 1600Mhz RipjawsX / Zotac GeForce GTX 660 Ti / Corsair TX 750W V2 PSU / Antec Kuhler 620 / Win7 64 / NZXT Tempest 410 Elite / NZXT 6 channel fan controller / Kingston 240GB HyperX 3K SSD / 1TB HDD Intel Pentium G2020 2.90GHz / Gigabyte GA-Z77N-WIFI / Kingston 4GB DDR3 1600MHz HyperX Genesis / Corsair 430W CXM / Fractal Design Node 304 Mini ITX Case / 2TB WD Greenhttp://steamsignature.com/status/default/76561197986113115.png
Helcaraxe Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 Thanks for the reply Vr5fx. Just finished rebuilding my system. World of difference to my last one and the bios was so much nicer to use. So far everything has been running brilliant except one small niggle. Windows boots in 25 seconds but it takes a further 2.5-3 minutes for the internet connection to become live. My old Asus M3A79-T never took this long. The internet connection icon in the bottom right corner has the little blue circle over it and just before it goes live it briefly has a yellow exclamation mark over it. BTW my new board is the same as yours but the R2.0 version with a Realtek pcie GBE family controller. Any thoughts? Quote AMD FX 8350 @4.7gh/ Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0/ 8gb Samsung Green DDR3@2133mhz @2133mhz/ASUS HD 7850 2gb 1150/5400/ OCZ 126GB SSD/ Western Digital 500gb HDD/ OCZ Mod X Stream Pro 600w PSU/ Antec Kuhler H20 920/ Antec 900 V2
Plastic Nev Posted February 27, 2013 Posted February 27, 2013 Hi what type of connection are you using for the internet? I doubt it will be the operating system or motherboard. If wireless, it could be waiting for the router, in fact the same can apply if wired. Nev. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. --------------------------------------------------------------------I have installed Windows, now how do I install the curtains? :Dhttp://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/plasticpig/Nev2.gif
Helcaraxe Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 It's a wired connection and the same router I was using previously. It just doesn't seem right to be taking that long to connect. I am going to start from scratch again and see if anything changes. Quote AMD FX 8350 @4.7gh/ Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0/ 8gb Samsung Green DDR3@2133mhz @2133mhz/ASUS HD 7850 2gb 1150/5400/ OCZ 126GB SSD/ Western Digital 500gb HDD/ OCZ Mod X Stream Pro 600w PSU/ Antec Kuhler H20 920/ Antec 900 V2
Helcaraxe Posted February 27, 2013 Author Posted February 27, 2013 Panic over. Just done a clean install and it's all working sweet as a nut. Quote AMD FX 8350 @4.7gh/ Asus M5A99X EVO R2.0/ 8gb Samsung Green DDR3@2133mhz @2133mhz/ASUS HD 7850 2gb 1150/5400/ OCZ 126GB SSD/ Western Digital 500gb HDD/ OCZ Mod X Stream Pro 600w PSU/ Antec Kuhler H20 920/ Antec 900 V2
Plastic Nev Posted February 28, 2013 Posted February 28, 2013 Hi, good to know all is OK now, might just have been a bad install of a driver, now corrected by the re-install. Nev. Quote Need help with your computer problems? Then why not join Free PC Help. Register here If Free PC Help has helped you then please consider a donation. Click here We are all members helping other members.Please return here where you may be able to help someone else. After all, no one knows everything and you may have the answer that someone needs. --------------------------------------------------------------------I have installed Windows, now how do I install the curtains? :Dhttp://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y282/plasticpig/Nev2.gif
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