windows 10 BIOS Settings Might Affect Windows 10 2004 Update Success

[TheZorch]

By a lot of Blood, Sweat, Tears, Some Thunder of Thor's Hammer and a lot of crying, we got Update 2004 for Windows 10 to work though it required a fresh install and a BIOS update.

 

It's unclear if the BIOS update really helped, because we had one successful Boot before the update, and we also had failed boots after the BIOS update. But I kept messing with the settings until it started working. Here's what the settings are (NOTE: These are for a Socket TR4 ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme so your mileage may vary):

 

Set Optimized Defaults

Fast Boot = Disabled

 

Boot Config

• Boot Logo = Full Screen
• Option ROM Messages = Disable
• Interrupt 19 Capture = Disabled

Boot CSM

• Launch CSM = Enabled
• Boot Device Control = UEFI Only
• Boot Network Device = Ignore
• Boot from Storage Device = UEFI Drive First
• Boot from PCI-E Device = UEFI Drive First

Secure Boot

• OS Type = Other OS

 

Boot Option Priorities = UEFI: USB Device (we were using Windows 10 installer on a USB stick)

 

The USB disk had a copy of Windows 10 2004 on it (revision 19041.264) and made with Windows Media Creation Tool.

 

What's strange is the CSM is on, but set to boot EFI only. At the same time, the BIOS display is set to the ROG logo, but not allowed to be overlaid with the spinning dots. It replaces the ROG logo with the default blue Windows logo with spinning dots.

 

I didn't change anything else.

 

So, it was:

 

1. USB disk failed to boot a bunch of times, except once, which told me it could work.

2. I updated the BIOS and loaded the Defaults.

3. USB disk continued to fail to boot, but I continued to mess around with the above settings.

4. When I tried the above settings, I started getting 100% reliable boots.

5. If I changed one of the above settings, it started failing again.

 

There was nothing on the drives for the install, I did a wipe of the disk, so the C Drive had no effect on this. Now that we have Windows 10 Pro 64-bit installed with Update 2004 working we changed the BIOS setting back to our regular settings and everything works. We have no way of really testing this but it kinda looks like BIOS settings maybe have an effect on installing this update. I hope this maybe helps anyone else having problems getting this update installed. It might also make a good subject for an LTT video.

[Jimkirk363]

I have to admit touch wood i've not had any issues with Windows 10 and the 2004 update.

[TheZorch]

My research into our issue found that running into problems with this update is completely RANDOM. Two people with the exact same specs can install Windows 10 on their machines. One has no issues and everything works. The other has nothing but constant problems. It baffles me as to why but it is true. 

 

The problem with Microsoft, in their purge of staff years ago their QA Team has been massively reduced. Now, you can't go a month without seeing articles about how a new Windows update breaks something. It would be funny as hell if weren't so sad. 

[GeorgeVWP]

On 7/15/2020 at 3:30 AM, TheZorch said:

By a lot of Blood, Sweat, Tears, Some Thunder of Thor's Hammer and a lot of crying, we got Update 2004 for Windows 10 to work though it required a fresh install and a BIOS update.

 

It's unclear if the BIOS update really helped, because we had one successful Boot before the update, and we also had failed boots after the BIOS update. But I kept messing with the settings until it started working. Here's what the settings are (NOTE: These are for a Socket TR4 ASUS ROG Zenith Extreme so your mileage may vary):

 

Set Optimized Defaults

Fast Boot = Disabled

 

Boot Config

• Boot Logo = Full Screen
• Option ROM Messages = Disable
• Interrupt 19 Capture = Disabled

Boot CSM

• Launch CSM = Enabled
• Boot Device Control = UEFI Only
• Boot Network Device = Ignore
• Boot from Storage Device = UEFI Drive First
• Boot from PCI-E Device = UEFI Drive First

Secure Boot

• OS Type = Other OS

 

Boot Option Priorities = UEFI: USB Device (we were using Windows 10 installer on a USB stick)

 

The USB disk had a copy of Windows 10 2004 on it (revision 19041.264) and made with Windows Media Creation Tool.

 

What's strange is the CSM is on, but set to boot EFI only. At the same time, the BIOS display is set to the ROG logo, but not allowed to be overlaid with the spinning dots. It replaces the ROG logo with the default blue Windows logo with spinning dots.

 

I didn't change anything else.

 

So, it was:

 

1. USB disk failed to boot a bunch of times, except once, which told me it could work.

2. I updated the BIOS and loaded the Defaults.

3. USB disk continued to fail to boot, but I continued to mess around with the above settings.

4. When I tried the above settings, I started getting 100% reliable boots.

5. If I changed one of the above settings, it started failing again.

 

There was nothing on the drives for the install, I did a wipe of the disk, so the C Drive had no effect on this. Now that we have Windows 10 Pro 64-bit installed with Update 2004 working we changed the BIOS setting back to our regular settings and everything works. We have no way of really testing this but it kinda looks like BIOS settings maybe have an effect on installing this update. I hope this maybe helps anyone else having problems getting this update installed. It might also make a good subject for an LTT video.

I literally created an account just so I could say thank you for posting this solution!

 

I just spent the whole day trying to install Windows using UEFI, with multiple usb drives and all sorts of settings. This finally helped. Thank you!