Thanks for the info and image, both types of bootguard are not enabled, so that is good for BIOS mod!
OK, thank you for your list, I think I can set all that disabled for you by default for optimized defaults. I’ll have to look at the batch file closely then, to see why both are used, only one should be needed with or without ME version depending on how you want to update.
That right there tells you how little they know about doing things correctly. Yes, the BIOS is coded very sloppily, lost of errors and things not put in properly.
Do you even see a microcode version if you check for microcode revision in HWINfo64 or AIDA64, here’s where to look for each
Tell me your CPU model, so I can show you what microcode the BIOS has in it, vs what you find at above, because you may actually see “Windows” inserted microcode instead of BIOS due to all the security issues lately Windows has been trying to keep up and override BIOS versions.
Actually, here, this is the microcodes in the current 0314 BIOS, since I think that is the one you are still using, if you don’t see the matching microcode shown here for your CPU’s CPUID then it’s windows version instead. Same codes in each BIOS file, since only one is really needed (Derp)
Even on a clean install I don’t see how BIOS could use any of these, they aren’t coded in correctly anyway
I will look into backlight brightness setting for you too, this is often in hidden settings of the BIOS, so I may be able to enable for you or at least adjust. If I can’t enable, I will send you a few BIOS to try with varying brightness settings adjusted while hidden still, then you can see if it even affects or not.
So they sold you a known incompatible built system, I believe that after seeing how they butcher a BIOS 