Questions tagged [bios]
The BIOS is built into the PC, and is the first code run by a PC when powered on. The primary function is to load and start an operating system.
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Sun/Oracle server X3-2 (formerly Sun Fire X4170 M3) BIOS Firmware Serivepack [closed]
I'm looking for Sun/Oracle server X3-2 (formerly Sun Fire X4170 M3) BIOS Firmware
kindly share if u have
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How can I install / upgrade WSL2 in my Windows 11 system?
I do not have access to BIOS in my system as it is a offical laptop.
I would like to install WSL2 in my system. Somehow WSL Update didn't work for me.
PS C:\Users\anand.sathasivam> wsl.exe --update
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What granularity does memory channel interleaving occur when enabled in BIOS?
Memory channel interleaving is a method of setting a physical address area which can be enabled in BIOS, so that all memory channels are alternately used to achieve best bandwidth and latency.
I want ...
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How to install grub to a CD-RW? [closed]
My very old server only has BIOS, no UEFI, and the boot order routine aborts booting when it encounters a drive larger than 2TB. The boot order is: CDs, HDDs, USBs, network. I cannot change the boot ...
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What is the best practice for servers - EFI or legacy mode?
I'm currently installing a new Linux server and am trying to decide whether to use legacy mode (BIOS) or EFI. So far, I'm leaning towards legacy because it's less complex (less partitions) and has ...
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Why does my Dell server BIOS asks for the BIOS password during a regular reboot?
I have a Dell PowerEdge T350 server. I enabled TPM and Secure Boot as well. For these I needed to specify a BIOS password (which I would have done anyway). What startles me is that the server keeps ...
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Booting specifics on NVMe
I have a problem with transferring my OS from SATA SSD to PCIe NVMe and maybe someone can give me more ideas to solve the next problem.
The hardware is HPE MicroServer Gen8 running Windows Server 2022....
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How to use more then 2GB of ram when using running a nested BIOS VM using KVM
I have a Linux host running Debian 11 and on that host, I have a Ubuntu 22.04 VM. Inside that VM I want to run a Windows 10 VM using nested virtualization. The ubuntu VM is booted using EFI and nested ...
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What does this disk message in dmesg means？
[Mon Jan 30 19:43:19 2023] ata4: COMRESET failed (errno=-16)
[Mon Jan 30 19:43:19 2023] ata4: hard resetting link
[Mon Jan 30 19:43:06 2023] ata4: link is slow to respond, please be patient (ready=0)
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Is it safe to set RAM frequency beyond Intel's POR?
Memory in our SuperMicro servers runs on a somewhat lower frequency than it could and it seems to be artificially limited by the Enforce POR BIOS setting. SuperMicro warns on their website that "...
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HP BL460c Gen9 blade missing CPU
I am seeing a very strange issue on a couple of blades which show one of the missing CPUs out of two CPUs. During boot time BIOS showed two CPUs detected but when i went to BIOS [F9] i saw one CPUs ...
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Cannot find/update firmware for IBM x3650 M2
I am trying to revive an old IBM x3650 M2 server, but am running into trouble with IMM/IPMI related to the FW being almost as old as the server itself. Server is from 2010, firmware is from '09 (UEFI) ...
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Is there a way to check "boot after power loss" BIOS configuration from CLI?
Is there a way to check from CLI under linux (Debian based) how the BIOS is configured for "boot on power loss" ? I need something similar to Check `Restore on AC/Power Loss` from CMD/...
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Dell Poweredge R640 - System BIOS has halted
I'm running pfSense on a Dell Poweredge R640, but after upgrading to the latest bios, it has trouble booting.
The attached picture says that LBR is not available.
Any idea what that means and how to ...
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Supermicro won't boot from RAID virtual drive after a power outage
One of our Supermicro servers won't boot from the virtual drive on a MegaRAID SAS 9361-8i after a power outage.
It can still boot from a USB stick without trouble, all hard drives and
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How to change BootOption bios settings with redfish?
I'm trying to change the NIC a server boots from using the redfish module in python. The server is a supermicro board:
Firmware Version 01.00.17
Firmware Build Time 09/02/2021
Redfish Version ...
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Config HPE servers BIOS Settings By OS
Is there a way to configure BIOS settings, for example:
hyperthreading
2.date/time
power settings
BOOT mode
and etc...
Can you suggest a package for my needs in Ubuntu?
I found hpasmcl, but I didn't ...
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Why do Cloud providers use MBR and BIOS?
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Handbook:AMD64/Full/Installation#Master_boot_record_.28MBR.29_or_DOS_boot_sector While installing Gentoo, I came across a segment talking about GPT and UEFI being the more ...
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Does configuring BIOS really solve ESXi CPU Contention?
There's alert coming up on our server saying CPU Contention even if we already isolate that VMguest from another high CPU consuming VMguest:
Alert Definition Name: Virtual Machine on a host with BIOS ...
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Did I brick this X9DRH board?
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Previously-working Supermicro server suddenly has no video output (either from previously-working onboard VGA port or GPU), no iKVM, no output on UART or Serial-over-LAN. IPMI device suddenly ...
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Modify BIOS configuration on several computers
I have quite a few computers that I need to modify some parameters on the BIOS (American Megatrends v.5.12). Is there a way to save this configuration (to a pendrive, for example) and load that on the ...
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Intel S2600JF server: Processor PCIe Link Speed menu in the BIOS is missing
i have a Intel 4 node server with S2600 JF motherboard per node (older, DDR3 RAM, E5-2600 v1 and v2).
I want to insert a NVMe pcie card (with two drives) that requires bifurcation.
Based on the ...
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Why can't the GPUs communicate in a multi-GPU server?
This is a Dell PowerEdge r750xa server with 4 Nvidia A40 GPUs, intended for AI applications. While the GPUs work well individually, multi-GPU training jobs or indeed any multi-GPU computational ...
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Enable PAE for Windows 10 pro to use more than 4 GB RAM
I'm having a relatively new hardware (i5 CPU x64) with a legacy 32 bit Windows 10 install. It is running older company software so the upgrade to 64 bit is not practical for several reasons.
I know ...
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RAID 5 Data Recovery (Missing Partition)
I really need help.
I am running an XCP-NG server, with an LSI MegaRAID 9260-8i card installed. I have a RAID 5 virtual disk with one partition on said disk that takes up all the space. That partition ...
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HP - BIOS - Invalid Opcode Exception
I have an HP DL360 Gen9. It is running Windows Server 2019, but after I restarted it, I'm not able to boot again after "Loading System Firmware Modules - Complete" it just dies with an "...
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Raid controller can't erase RAID config
I bought a Dell PowerEdge T320 that came with 2 1TB HDD and I just ordered 6 more used 3TB HDD. When setting up an array I'm able to see the original 2 HDD that came with the server but the 6 used ...
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Hardware token/UUID for authentication of software
Is there a unique hardware token or a UUID on every computer motherboard/BIOS that can be used to create a "strongly coupled" software?
I am working on writing a proprietary software for a ...
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Way to enter the BIOS of linux server
I have a Centos 7.9 VPS up and running. I wanted to enter into BIOS, but I wonder if there is any specific key to enter into it.
I wanted to enable the vt-d inside the BIOS. My server has Intel CPU ...
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Raid 1 default disk capacity is lesser than the disk sizes. Any ideas? Intel Raid Storage Technology - Raid from Bios
Here the screenshots I think they explains everything
The disks are advertised as 1 TB and the real size of the disks are 931.5 GB
I have installed windows server without raid setup for ...
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Enable Smart Array P400 HP Proliant DL 120 G7
I have a HP ProLiant D7 120DL with a Smart Array P400. After doing BIOS "Restore Default System Settings" the Smart Array can't see the drives attached to it.
When starting the server, Smart ...
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Dell PowerEdge bios update failure. Error finding file: update.xml
So I downlaoded the latest BIOS for a Dell PowerEdge server. Attempting to update using the EXE fails. The error from the GUI states to restart the server. Restarted but still failed.
I found the log ...
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Supermicro set boot order via bios config file
I've exported the bios config from one system via sum:
sum -i IP -u USER -p PASS -c GetCurrentBiosCfg > bios_config.xml
Now I want to apply this config to other machines of the same type:
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Is it possible to update AMI bios from Linux?
I have a motherboard on Supermicro server (model X9SCM(+)/X9SCM). And it is not possible to update it via Supermicro Update Manager - looks like bmc just cannot communicate with bios at all on this ...
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Supermicro X9SCD won't enter BIOS (error code: AB)
I've just flashed the BIOS of 3 different X9SCD motherboards, all housed within different MicroCloud chassis. I've done this hundreds of times, with this exact BIOS version (x9scd8.612), with no ...
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Quanta BIOS update clarifications
This may seem like stupid questions to some but I am very fearful of updating my BIOS after bricking a motherboard once. Please bear with me.
I purchased a Quanta D51B-2U that came with an older BIOS ...
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How much physical RAM is "lost" to BIOS/UEFI?
Browsing the linux kernel output dmesg on 6 different systems (4 server, and for the sake of comparison also 2 laptops) I am shocked by the large amount of BIOS/UEFI reserved RAM
Three servers systems ...
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What is a software prefetcher (processor setting)?
Configuring the CPU(s) of a DELL Server (via iDrac) I have run accross the term software prefetcher.
I have an idea that prefetching is to "fetch" in advance data from the memory in to the ...
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PCIe - Training error on device - Link degraded, macLinkWidth = x16, negotiatedLinkWidth = x8
i've placed a pcie raid adapter card with onboard ssd's (AORUS RAID ADAPTOR built in with 4 x PCIe 3.0 512GB NVMe SSD) in a new (2020) Dell (Optiplex 7080).
the system boots fine most times, but it ...
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Resetting the TPM module on my motherboard?
I've got a TPM set up on a motherboard, but the motherboard has now been swapped, and the HDD is still the same.
Would like to basically reset everything to factory defaults, but the HDD is encrypted ...
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Unable to get access IMPI / BIOS / Intel Xeon Gen2 compatibility issue?
I've bought new( not used ) SuperMicro MBD-X11DPI and
x2 - Intel Xeon Silver 4210R OEM
Micron [MTA72ASS8G72PSZ-2S6E1] 64Gb
Samsung [M393A8G40MB2-CTD] 64Gb
When I'm booting, 10 different ...
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Enable VT-X and VT-D in the bios for a PowerEdge r910. Ubuntu Server Bionic
I am trying to enable VT-X and VT-D on a PowerEdge r910. I have set "Virtualization Enabled"in the bios settings and also "SR_IOV Global Enable".
I still get the following on the ...
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arch linux on zfs root cannot configure grub on bios
as the title suggests I cannot get across the finish line installing arch on zfs. I get to the point where I try and install grub on my /boot after chrooting into my /mnt from the live cd. anyway ...
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How can i get to the BIOS log file on ubuntu?
I've recently learned that the actual memory run speed isnt necessarily
what it says on the memory cards. The actual speed is 'negotiated' based on
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Proliant DL360 G7 stuck on POST, no video, no beeps, front LED green
I am new to servers, so I am not sure what to do next. I have an HP proliant DL360 G7 with a HP P2000 hooked to it using HBA cards. I have Unraid installed on a USB and I was playing around with ...
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DELL r630 + NvMe M.2->PCie : Cannot boot Ubuntu installed on M.2 NvMe drive via. PCie adapter
I have plugged in a PNY XLR8 500GB M.2 NvMe drive in a Delock PCIe card and stuck it in Riser 3 on my Poweredge r630 - Although the drive doesn't show up anywhere in BIOS, I could boot the Ubuntu ...
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Boot failing due to SMART error status?
I have an Asus server that was refusing to boot, reporting:
SATA Port 1 : Hitachi HDS721010DLE630
S.M.A.R.T status bad, backup and replace
So I went into the bios, disabled "SMART status check", ...
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What does the enable/disable ME subsystem option in Supermicro X9DRi-F motherboard BIOS do?
It's well known fact that the Intel Management Engine can not be completely disabled. Its functionality can be greatly reduced using me_cleaner which utilizes various techniques including switching ...
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No screen messages from BIOS after discrete graphics card installation [closed]
My old PC used to work fine with onboard graphics, but eventually (I think) that was slowing down the whole system. So I decided to add a discrete graphics board - after that I don't see any output ...
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Secure contents of a hard drive so it can't be accessed on another computer [closed]
My company is developing a device that is basically a Linux box with some attached hardware and proprietary software that is installed on several clients. What would be the best options to secure the ...
