… But the biggest caveat of the rpi5-uefi package is that it renders the EEPROM module, GPIO pins, PWM control settings, and Ethernet port unusable on any distro I attempt to boot with this setup. …
… As far as patch notes go, things aren't very exciting for a birthday bash: Fix the display issue when UEFI booting Windows/WinPE ISO. …
… I was stumped because while it would let me boot a live USB, it wouldn't boot into Windows anymore. After lots of forum searching on my smartphone, I found the issue. Samsung had one secure BIOS that was untouchable, and stored the UEFI partition on an eMMC chip. …
… Of course, unexplained slowdowns, freezes, crashes, or longer boot times could also point to the same conclusion. On a system without the latest BIOS/UEFI version, it's tough to argue that such issues aren't related to the BIOS version. …
… MRC adjusts timings on boot, potentially solving RAM-related issues. Intel's Management Engine firmware ME FW can improve performance and fix security vulnerabilities. GOP, or Graphics Output Protocol, gives you display output in your UEFI BIOS and can solve GPU-related issues. …
… The first route you can take is the bootloader option. This means you can use a USB flash drive running Clover or OpenCore to serve as the primary boot manager, entering UEFI mode, loading an NVMe driver, and handing off the boot process to the adapter drive. …
… Samsung and Crucial both offer bootable ISOs that can update firmware without a working OS, which is the cleanest option if you're willing to deal with the UEFI and secure boot gymnastics those tools sometimes require. …
… The UEFI also takes care of power management, handling sleep states for each of your devices. If your existing BIOS has bugs in this area, your NIC can take a long time 30 seconds to a minute to resume normal operation after booting from sleep. …
… Windows booting up properly then makes you feel like everything is working exactly as expected. …
… The only issue was funding. …