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    Contact HP about Locked Bios and Whitelists

    Discussion in 'HP' started by shasta7, Jun 24, 2011.

  1. shasta7

    shasta7 Notebook Evangelist

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    I really would like to have options in my BIOS
    not just time and date and boot sequence. I would like the option of a dual band mini pci wireless card of my choosing as well as AHCI. Please contact hp and tell them.
    I really am pissed I have a 8 cylinder engine running on 4. This is my machine not theirs!!!
    http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/execteam/email/ceo/index.html
     
    shasta7, Jun 24, 2011
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  2. Infected @ngel

    Infected @ngel Newbie

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    I dont think mailing HP will do much....

    If you want to OC, and experiment with your hardware, buy another brand, some High-End laptop, or better, build your own rig.

    Hp market target is mainstream, and i dont think HP will support a lot of users changing optiones in the Bios without really knowing what are they doing....
     
    Infected @ngel, Jun 27, 2011
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  3. incomprehensible

    incomprehensible Notebook Enthusiast

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    And they don't want you to gain more performance out of their product otherwise you'd have no reason to buy their higher-end stuff
     
    incomprehensible, Jun 28, 2011
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  4. shasta7

    shasta7 Notebook Evangelist

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    This is the only Logical reason I can think of for them to lock the bios. I would venture to say 90% of owners don't know the bios exists. 5% do but don't want to mess with it and 5% do and want to mess with it :D
     
    shasta7, Jun 28, 2011
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