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Does 'VGA' indicate graphics, and should it be possible to get arch alongside windows on this machine? thanks
Update: according to gpu-z, radeon r5 graphics doesn't support uefi and the machine must run legacy to boot - which is however what the bios explicitly specifies for all boots, i.e. uefi only, including for windows 10 (which appears fine with it). i don't understand.
Few years back we were getting these errors and the fix was to turn off ACPI in the BIOS, although not so sure that would help as your windows partition may not boot.
you can't.
i can't either.
i also didn't mean to kick you out; i said it because i can't offer any better help, and also because i see that you described it so well that you might actually get an answer there ;-)
Location: Montreal, Quebec and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia CANADA
Distribution: Arch, AntiX, ArtiX
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Few years back we were getting these errors and the fix was to turn off ACPI in the BIOS, although not so sure that would help as your windows partition may not boot.
... I believe the setting to modify in the BIOS is to disable AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) mode and enable IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) mode (sometimes referred to as PATA) ... This is sometimes required (at least temporarily) in order to boot certain media on some computers. It can usually be restored afterwards.
@ondoho i understand, just wondered how to be clear without copying everything, and most of what i found is from this site. i'll have a think
@Rickkk thanks, i'll check (though i've become wary since the machine is in good use for windows)
Location: Montreal, Quebec and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia CANADA
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@ondoho i understand, just wondered how to be clear without copying everything, and most of what i found is from this site. i'll have a think
@Rickkk thanks, i'll check (though i've become wary since the machine is in good use for windows)
:-) ... I hear you ... But don't worry, the change can easily be reversed as needed.
BIOS Information
Vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
Version: F8
Release Date: 11/08/2017
Address: 0xF0000
Runtime Size: 64 kB
ROM Size: 8192 kB
Characteristics:
PCI is supported
BIOS is upgradeable
BIOS shadowing is allowed
Boot from CD is supported
Selectable boot is supported
BIOS ROM is socketed
EDD is supported
5.25"/1.2 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/720 kB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
3.5"/2.88 MB floppy services are supported (int 13h)
Print screen service is supported (int 5h)
Serial services are supported (int 14h)
Printer services are supported (int 17h)
ACPI is supported
USB legacy is supported
BIOS boot specification is supported
Targeted content distribution is supported
UEFI is supported
BIOS Revision: 5.12
Handle 0x0001, DMI type 1, 27 bytes
System Information
Manufacturer: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.
Product Name: Z270-HD3P
Version: Default string
Serial Number: Default string
UUID: 031B021C-040D-0590-1806-FE0XXXXXXXXXXX
Wake-up Type: Power Switch
SKU Number: Default string
Family: Default string
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