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Yes, formatted as FAT32, used the included bios renamer and checked that the resulting name matched with the "sample" BIOS file provided on the support CD.

So, I bought the above-mentioned board in anticipation of the upcoming Zen3 launch and since today the firmware with AGESA 1.1.0.0 was released, I thought that I could update the board to ensure that it'll work when the new CPU arrives, provided scalper bots aren't able to snipe them all up. After having followed the usual procedure for Flashback bios update, well, *nothing* happened. No LED started blinking, nothing. At this point I noticed the following note in the board's manual: This would lead me to think that the Flashback functionality is somehow enabled by a CPU being present. While, at the same time, this following note is displayed on ASUS's website: This, in turn, leads me to believe that Flashback would work even without a compatible CPU installed, "as usual". So far I've been able to find this note only in the manual of this *specific* board model, and likewise I've been able to find only one reddit thread of someone describing this issue, and the author has the same board. I don't know if this oddity of Flashback (or equivalent functionality) requiring a CPU is specific to only this board or if maybe something similar is the case with boards made by another vendor, so I thought I'd ask here: if I plonk a Zen 3 CPU and the existing firmware is older than 1.0.8.0, which is the oldest AGESA that would enable a boot, will Flashback work? For future reference to others who might run in the same issure, here's a tweet to ASUS asking for clarification - currently waiting on a response.

Currently running a GTX 770, which is keeping up just fine for now, but in the past I used ATi/AMD GPUs for a long time so I'd be curious to try their latest offerings. Thanks for the giveaway!

Yep, I'll be right on it, sorry for the delay and thanks for the heads-up! EDIT: aaaand done.

Currently running a Lumia 640 with the 10586 build: personally I don't really care if the OS takes up a bit more space since SD card support is great and large applications and offline maps get to be installed on the card. That said, I can understand how seeing 3GB free on a supposedly 8GB device can be frustrating and think that the entire industry should only advertise the available capacity, which might discourage the installation of crapware.

It should be possible to upgrade using the Windows Media Creation Tool (which can be used to either upgrade the PC it's being ran on or to create an .iso file or a bootable drive). Still waiting here too, anyway, but I'm staying away from the insider program: while it has been interesting to use it from last October up to the RTM of 10 stability is more important for me now.

This is due Windows' fast startup which on shutdown hibernates the kernel and only kills the user session, which is what enables the much faster startup times seen in 8 onwards, since half of the OS must only be resumed and not be booted from scratch. If you guys reboot (not shutdown and boot) your PCs you'll see that the counter resets, since this isn't done on a reboot. It's been like this for the last three years, since 8 debuted.

From the official blog: Enterprise users also get some new features: Source: Official blog post on Windows.com From ArsTechnica.com: Other changes include some slight cosmetic changes, better Aero Snap functionality and Cortana improvements. Source: arstechnica.com article Overall a relatively minor update which makes Windows 10 a bit more mature when compared to the original release build, with some interesting new features (such as the possibility for enterprise customers to deactivate all telemetry, Edge finally being able to sync favorites and the reading list and, finally, the new Skype apps, especially for touch device users). It's however a bit of a bummer that work still needs to be done (Edge still has no extensions, which were delayed into 2016 and that the Skype apps remain quite barebone). Personally, as a Windows Phone user (the WP user? Heh.) I'll give Edge another shot as my primary browser once extensions are available, but right now it still is realatively barebones as far as browser go, with this update going some of the way to alleviate this concern. Of note is the fact that the versioning system now follows what is being done with Ubuntu: this Windows 10 release is version 1511 (released in November of the year 2015).

Yep, but for now I think it's the best channel available for these remaining 11 days.

Guess what in less than one day climbed to the top of Microsoft's Uservoice requested feature list for OneDrive? https://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-onedrive MS has had a history of actually listening to things posted through this official channel, so adding votes to this request could be useful.

The problem is not so much with them doing something to somehow address the large usage of some users, but with the fact that the users who do not have an unlimited plan are getting shafted, either by a much lower free space offer or by what amounts to a doubling of prices for those who do have a stand-alone storage plan. And surely MS cannot possibly have been so naive as to not imagine that some users would go all-out on their unlimited plan: it really seems like an excuse to hike prices.

Added to the post, thanks!

Original article by Neowin.net. This is unfortunate: the relatively large free storage was what set OneDrive apart, and the new storage plan is also much less compelling, coming in at 50GB for 1.99 a month, the same price that for now gets you 100GB. This seems more of a price hike made with the excuse of some users abusing the "unlimited" nature of current Office 365 plans, which is hard to believe wasn't an issue anticipated by Microsoft when unlimited storage was first launched. EDIT: as pointed out by QueenDemetria, here's the link to the official FAQ on the changes. EDIT2: the issue has reached the top of OneDrive's requested feature list on MS's official Uservoice.com site: https://onedrive.uservoice.com/forums/262982-onedrive Since MS has had a history of actually listening to this official channel, concerned users might want to add their votes (maximum of 3) to the request if desired. UPDATE: as reported by @dalekphalm, Microsoft decided to address the issue in the following manner: Here the entire Microsoft press release, again as cited by dalekphalm:

MS is seeing cash thanks to Windows 10 and how: OEM licenses are still in place, albeit lowered, and the very lucrative enterprise software assurance contracts are still in place (i.e. large enterprise volume licensing). They essentially lose out only on those who would have actually bough an upgrade license, which are a small minority of the entire userbase.