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    V3-771g UEFI BIOS question

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by neilisme, Dec 17, 2012.

  1. neilisme

    neilisme Notebook Enthusiast

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    Is it possible to force the new UEFI bios v. 2.12 onto my machine with the 1.xx Bios? I want to take advantage of the combination of the UEFI bios and Windows 8, like faster boot times and GPT partitions.
     
    neilisme, Dec 17, 2012
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    neilisme Notebook Enthusiast

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    Asked this question on the official Acer support forum and the reply i got was "version 1.xx is for windows 7, Version 2.xx is for windows 8". I dont understand this because all v3-771g's are basically the same with just different memory and hard drive configurations. Windows 7 has the option for UEFI install so the answer that 2.xx is for windows 8 doesnt fly with me! so the question still stands.... Wonder if theres a way to force it. Anyone?
     
    neilisme, Dec 17, 2012
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    Dython Notebook Geek

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    ver 1 is legacy bios 2 is uefi bios thats it and you can force it if you can find the ->s<- bios for it
     
    Dython, Jan 8, 2013
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    neilisme Notebook Enthusiast

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    please! tell me more!
     
    neilisme, Feb 6, 2013
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