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Lemonpearl
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So I'm confused about what my BIOS is showing me in 'boot priority'. I have one SSD installed, but two options in boot priority:

 

  • UEFI Hard Disk:Windows Boot Manager (SATA1: Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250GB) *is selected*
  • Hard Disk:Samsung SSD 850 EVO 250G

Furthermore, 'boot mode select' is set to 'LEGACY +UEFI' instead of just UEFI.

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If it let's you boot then it's not a problem. Sometimes motherboards do that with boot partitions.

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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3 minutes ago, Jurrunio said:

If it let's you boot then it's not a problem. Sometimes motherboards do that with boot partitions.

I read that Legacy+UEFI boots slower? Also, I'm getting this weird issue with USB ports disconnecting when Windows loads. So I wondered if this was connected in some way.

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10 minutes ago, Lemonpearl said:

I read that Legacy+UEFI boots slower? Also, I'm getting this weird issue with USB ports disconnecting when Windows loads. So I wondered if this was connected in some way.

not that I can tell with my own desktop

 

did you install fresh copy of Windows when you start using this motherboard?

CPU: i7-2600K 4751MHz 1.44V (software) --> 1.47V at the back of the socket Motherboard: Asrock Z77 Extreme4 (BCLK: 103.3MHz) CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D15 RAM: Adata XPG 2x8GB DDR3 (XMP: 2133MHz 10-11-11-30 CR2, custom: 2203MHz 10-11-10-26 CR1 tRFC:230 tREFI:14000) GPU: Asus GTX 1070 Dual (Super Jetstream vbios, +70(2025-2088MHz)/+400(8.8Gbps)) SSD: Samsung 840 Pro 256GB (main boot drive), Transcend SSD370 128GB PSU: Seasonic X-660 80+ Gold Case: Antec P110 Silent, 5 intakes 1 exhaust Monitor: AOC G2460PF 1080p 144Hz (150Hz max w/ DP, 121Hz max w/ HDMI) TN panel Keyboard: Logitech G610 Orion (Cherry MX Blue) with SteelSeries Apex M260 keycaps Mouse: BenQ Zowie FK1

 

Model: HP Omen 17 17-an110ca CPU: i7-8750H (0.125V core & cache, 50mV SA undervolt) GPU: GTX 1060 6GB Mobile (+80/+450, 1650MHz~1750MHz 0.78V~0.85V) RAM: 8+8GB DDR4-2400 18-17-17-39 2T Storage: HP EX920 1TB PCIe x4 M.2 SSD + Crucial MX500 1TB 2.5" SATA SSD, 128GB Toshiba PCIe x2 M.2 SSD (KBG30ZMV128G) gone cooking externally, 1TB Seagate 7200RPM 2.5" HDD (ST1000LM049-2GH172) left outside Monitor: 1080p 126Hz IPS G-sync

 

Desktop benching:

Cinebench R15 Single thread:168 Multi-thread: 833 

SuperPi (v1.5 from Techpowerup, PI value output) 16K: 0.100s 1M: 8.255s 32M: 7m 45.93s

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It usually puts the bootloader first even if there's only one drive. No need to pay attention to it.

Make sure to quote or tag people, so they get notified.

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1 minute ago, Jurrunio said:

not that I can tell with my own desktop

 

did you install fresh copy of Windows when you start using this motherboard?

At first, no. But then I installed a fresh copy which fixed the problem temporarily.

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2 hours ago, Lemonpearl said:

I read that Legacy+UEFI boots slower? Also, I'm getting this weird issue with USB ports disconnecting when Windows loads. So I wondered if this was connected in some way.

This is due to MSI Fast Boot I beleive

 

edit: everything in the original post is normal. If windows is installed in UEFI mode you can change the bios option to UEFI only if you want. It sounds like it is because you have the windows boot manager thing, which is related to the UEFI I think. Mine is the same way

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