MasterMiner
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Would like to ask the powers-that-be at EVGA to please include a DEFAULT boot select (F7) when 2 or more boot drives are configured - in the next BIOS update. The default behavior seems to be repeatedly hitting F7 to get into the boot select menu. If that could be a default selectable option / behavior that could be preset in the BIOS - that would be fantastic. This would be particularly relevant to SR3 users who, I bet, would love to be able to boot directly into linux for work - or windows for fun. Simply put - each time the systems boots / reboots - it would show the “boot select” menu without having to repeatedly press F7. A convenience thing. Thanks
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/01/31 20:31:46
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
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Question for you two - Are you OK with a setting in the BIOS like "Always show boot option" that will force a selection screen on every boot?
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/02/05 17:07:02
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Question for you two - Are you OK with a setting in the BIOS like "Always show boot option" that will force a selection screen on every boot?
YES! That would be perfect. Users would be able to enable it when they know they have 2+ boot drives and they use both frequently. For those that don’t have 2 or more boot drives, or always boot into whichever is top of the list, it’s easy just to leave default as off. Perfect solution!
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/02/05 23:11:15
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—>shameless bump<—
Just to let you know that bumping is not allowed on the EVGA forums.
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/02/05 23:12:03
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Question for you two - Are you OK with a setting in the BIOS like "Always show boot option" that will force a selection screen on every boot?
That is quite an awesome idea.
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/02/06 11:54:18
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Question for you two - Are you OK with a setting in the BIOS like "Always show boot option" that will force a selection screen on every boot?
Yes. Majority of time I boot from same device all the time. But sometimes for longer period of time I need to be able to choose which device I want to boot from on every boot.
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/02/07 20:10:16
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EVGATech_LeeM
Question for you two - Are you OK with a setting in the BIOS like "Always show boot option" that will force a selection screen on every boot?
Yes. Majority of time I boot from same device all the time. But sometimes for longer period of time I need to be able to choose which device I want to boot from on every boot.
Ok. I think we have a new BIOS planned for the SR-3 DARK for Tuesday. I'll check with the team to see if they can add this. My assumption is that it will be disabled by default.
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/02/07 22:59:22
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EVGATech_LeeM
Question for you two - Are you OK with a setting in the BIOS like "Always show boot option" that will force a selection screen on every boot?
Yes. Majority of time I boot from same device all the time. But sometimes for longer period of time I need to be able to choose which device I want to boot from on every boot.
Ok. I think we have a new BIOS planned for the SR-3 DARK for Tuesday. I'll check with the team to see if they can add this. My assumption is that it will be disabled by default.
Yay! I'm looking forward to seeing this on X299 Dark ;)
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Re: BIOS - Special request, dual boot
2020/02/08 09:14:40
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EVGATech_LeeM
Question for you two - Are you OK with a setting in the BIOS like "Always show boot option" that will force a selection screen on every boot?
Yes. Majority of time I boot from same device all the time. But sometimes for longer period of time I need to be able to choose which device I want to boot from on every boot.
Ok. I think we have a new BIOS planned for the SR-3 DARK for Tuesday. I'll check with the team to see if they can add this. My assumption is that it will be disabled by default.
Thank you! Awesome news. This will be hugely helpful!
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