Did you just find out that changing a tiny part called UEFI on your PC is going to ruin it?
Did you just find out that changing a tiny part called UEFI on your PC is going to ruin it?
My laptop has a few problems that I need to fix so it works again. My computer is an Asus model from 2012 with an older version of UEFI software and a 16GB DDR3 memory. It came with Windows 7 Pro, but now my system only shows the black screen on startup. Even when I plug in an HDMI cable to connect it to an external monitor, that connection is broken too. I tried turning off the battery and unplugging power for thirty seconds, which didn't help. I also downloaded a UEFI update file from the internet, but putting it onto my hard drive did nothing to fix things. I even took out the RAM sticks, and removed the battery completely, yet my computer still won't turn on at all. There are no new scratches or drops, just like before.
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Mostly, laptop "CMOS" settings are saved on a chip but not always kept forever. That means they often use a tiny rechargeable battery with very little storage instead of a big primary cell. Think of it this way: the only stuff left behind is just the time and date. If you connect to the internet, Windows can get a new time from somewhere else.
I've learned that besides clocking up the hours and minutes, the memory chip keeps track of the old BIOS and UEFI stuff. Because of that, I took out a lot of those settings to make things work better now.