The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    ASUS N56VM SecureBoot/Fastboot?

    Discussion in 'Asus' started by GamTop, Mar 7, 2015.

  1. GamTop

    GamTop Notebook Guru

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    50
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hello, I'm currently using an WIndows 7 model of the ASUS N56VM laptop.
    With Windows 10 arriving at the end of this year, I wanted to use the free upgrade that windows 7 users get when Windows 10 releases. I also wanted to take advantages of the Secureboot/Fastboot options, however it seems that those options are locked and hidden from the Bios setup.

    Some researching revealed that these options are only available on the Windows 8 version of the ASUS N56VM.
    I was wondering if it is possible to unlock these options in the bios?
     
    GamTop, Mar 7, 2015
    #1
  2. Meaker@Sager

    Meaker@Sager Company Representative

    Reputations:
    9,431
    Messages:
    58,192
    Likes Received:
    17,900
    Trophy Points:
    931
    A lot of manufacturers had two different bios structures which could not be cross flashed easily due to the differences in storing the bios windows key and the secure boot requirements. It's likely not hidden but your current bios is not capable of that functionality.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Mar 8, 2015
    #2