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   On Fri, 9/13/2024 3:15 PM, bad💽sector wrote:   
   > On 9/12/24 22:35, Paul wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >>  Quick Start, BIOS   
      
   > Works for me...  thanks. Things are MUCH slower with quick-start disabled,   
   > there ARE two BIOS annunciations worth noting though. It asks specifically   
   > for the 'Del' key (Alt-F2 is to invoke BIOS flash ritual), also when the   
   > 'Del' key does have effect there is an "Entering Setup" message.   
      
   There must be a bug in the BIOS, for it to be that bad.   
      
   The thing is, the BIOS core comes from big companies (AMI, Award, and so on),   
   and such a bug may be copied to a generation of motherboards without getting   
   fixed.   
      
   When they issue new BIOS releases, generally the core *never* gets patched.   
   It stays on the same release for all the BIOS that come out.   
      
   They would have to redo all their validation testing, if bumping the core   
   version.   
      
   The motherboard companies, the evidence is, they don't have source for   
   all the code. Some of the materials provided in the kit are object-only.   
   When Asus needed to remove the "USB connected boop sound", they could   
   not fix it in the USB module, they had to turn off the motherboard speaker   
   at BIOS level, entirely, to stop the noise. And that's a change outside   
   the core code.   
      
      Paul   
      
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