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  • ASRock 2.70 Splash Screen replaces Windows?

    With a Z97 Extreme6 board, since updating the BIOS from 2.50 to 2.70 the other day, "ASRock" has replaced the four Windows on the Windows 10 boot screen. Are others seeing that? It's not standard, to say the least.
    ASRock Z97 Extreme6 / Intel i7-4790K
    32 GB G.Skill DDR3 2133 RAM (Ares 4x8gb)
    EVGA GTX950 SC
    Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. C cooler w/ Nexus Silent Fan
    Seasonic X650 PSU
    Samsung Pro 850 256GB SSD (system drive)
    SanDisk ExtremePro 480, Seagate 1TB, 2TB and 2x 3TB SATA 6Gb/s
    Plextor PX-891SA CD/DVD Writer/Player
    Dell U2412M Monitor (1920x1200)
    IBM Model M keyboard / Bornd M120 wireless mouse
    Thermaltake F31 Case
    Canon MP640 / Brother HL-2270DW printers
    Audio system: Dac + Powered speakers + USB card + LPS + power cond./distrib.
    Windows 10 Pro x64

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    Re: ASRock 2.70 Splash Screen replaces Windows?

    This is standard with Windows 8-8.1-10 when booting from GPT (needs UEFI supported BIOS) partitioned HDD.

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      Re: ASRock 2.70 Splash Screen replaces Windows?

      Originally posted by CSAsr84 View Post
      This is standard with Windows 8-8.1-10 when booting from GPT (needs UEFI supported BIOS) partitioned HDD.
      Not so. I've used this board with a GPT set system SSD since last year with Win 8.1 and then 10, and the entire time until the other day, i.e. using 2.50, startup has begun with an ASRock insignia as the firmware runs and then switched over to the standard Windows insignia, as the OS loads. I've been using Windows machines at work and/or home since the late 1980's, and I've never seen a board manufacturer eliminate the Windows startup screen. It's a bad idea on the face of it, since it's not an accurate representation of what the machine is running, and makes troubleshooting more difficult.

      At least in my case it's actually worse, because the rotating dots, a standard part of the Windows 10 boot - they are important for helping know what's going on - sometimes do not appear now with 2.70 until late in the Windows start up process, and sometimes not at all. It's even got me thinking of going back to 2.50, if Win 1607 can handle it.
      ASRock Z97 Extreme6 / Intel i7-4790K
      32 GB G.Skill DDR3 2133 RAM (Ares 4x8gb)
      EVGA GTX950 SC
      Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. C cooler w/ Nexus Silent Fan
      Seasonic X650 PSU
      Samsung Pro 850 256GB SSD (system drive)
      SanDisk ExtremePro 480, Seagate 1TB, 2TB and 2x 3TB SATA 6Gb/s
      Plextor PX-891SA CD/DVD Writer/Player
      Dell U2412M Monitor (1920x1200)
      IBM Model M keyboard / Bornd M120 wireless mouse
      Thermaltake F31 Case
      Canon MP640 / Brother HL-2270DW printers
      Audio system: Dac + Powered speakers + USB card + LPS + power cond./distrib.
      Windows 10 Pro x64

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