F12p BIOS for X79-UD3 changing boot settings on its own?

[Kain]

Today, I booted my PC from a cold boot and noticed that it gave me some "boot manager" error and couldn't load Windows. I thought my SSD died. Then I went into the BIOS and noticed the first boot priority was reserved for my secondary HDD. I changed the settings and put my SSD first and now everything works.

Why would this happen?

[zerowing]

Today, I booted my PC from a cold boot and noticed that it gave me some "boot manager" error and couldn't load Windows. I thought my SSD died. Then I went into the BIOS and noticed the first boot priority was reserved for my secondary HDD. I changed the settings and put my SSD first and now everything works.

Why would this happen?

Probably it's a BIOS bug, unless your system was overclocked and the system automatically had to recover from the backup BIOS for whatever reason.
Anyway the F12p is a Beta BIOS, so it's high likely being a bug.

On my X79-UP4 with non-Beta latest F2 BIOS my Adaptec SAS 5805 RAID controller once got skipped by the motherboard BIOS at boot (it should always show the SAS controller BIOS that loads kernel and probes the arrays.. and it usually does but once the motherboard BIOS didn't wait for the SAS card just skipped it and gave error telling that there was no bootable disk in the system). It happened just once so far but there must be some bug related to Hard Disk and BBS priority across the whole X79 series BIOSes.

[dmdilks]

Legacy ROM is the default when I load "Optimized Defaults". 

That is why you are having that happen go back to one bios update and you should be fine.

By all your thread that you like to tweak things. Like I said before don't fix what isn't broke.

I have a friend that I built his computer and he is always in the bios and wanting update is bios.

The computer boots in about 20 sec. And it runs great too. The more tweaking you do the more problems you have.

[zerowing]

Legacy ROM is the default when I load "Optimized Defaults". 

That is why you are having that happen go back to one bios update and you should be fine.

By all your thread that you like to tweak things. Like I said before don't fix what isn't broke.

I have a friend that I built his computer and he is always in the bios and wanting update is bios.

The computer boots in about 20 sec. And it runs great too. The more tweaking you do the more problems you have.

That is nonsense.

Manufacturers release updated to provide bug fixed and enhancements.

Without installing BIOS updates the most common type of bug is related to memory compatibility. Motherboard BIOS updates also provide CPU microcode updates, Intel Management Engine update firmwares along with various bugfixes for everything else.

If it were for you people would be trashing their hardware just to get a RAM module that wasn't compatible with an old BIOS because you would tell them to never update the BIOS and so on.

[dmdilks]

I have to ask this are you here to help people or just to try trash everything I put.

By the way I told him to go back one bios update and that would be F11 and he would be fine.

Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do not encounter problems using the current version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not flash the BIOS. To flash the BIOS, do it with caution. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction.

If you feel that the bios is out there and he is not having any problems he should still update bios. Plus your memtast86 is the fix all for their problems.


F12p 3.56 MB 2012/11/16
Beta BIOS
Add iRST v11.6 with Smart Response support

F11 - 2012/07/05
Improve SATA HDD compatibility

F10 - 2012/03/23
Improve compatibility

F9 - 2012/02/22
Update CPU Microcode (improve system stability)

F8 - 2012/01/06
Improve LAN Performance
Improve DDR3 2400 Compatibility

F7 - 2011/12/26
Improve protection mechanism

[Kain]

I needed the latest beta BIOS because I wanted to install the Intel RST drivers. They are only supported in the latest beta BIOS.

[zerowing]

I have to ask this are you here to help people or just to try trash everything I put.

By the way I told him to go back one bios update and that would be F11 and he would be fine.

Because BIOS flashing is potentially risky, if you do not encounter problems using the current version of BIOS, it is recommended that you not flash the BIOS. To flash the BIOS, do it with caution. Inadequate BIOS flashing may result in system malfunction.

If you feel that the bios is out there and he is not having any problems he should still update bios. Plus your memtast86 is the fix all for their problems.


F12p 3.56 MB 2012/11/16
Beta BIOS
Add iRST v11.6 with Smart Response support

F11 - 2012/07/05
Improve SATA HDD compatibility

F10 - 2012/03/23
Improve compatibility

F9 - 2012/02/22
Update CPU Microcode (improve system stability)

F8 - 2012/01/06
Improve LAN Performance
Improve DDR3 2400 Compatibility

F7 - 2011/12/26
Improve protection mechanism

You really have no clue what you are talking about.

You are the one telling nonsense to people on the 'net.