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    Secure boot disable on alienware 15R2

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by godwisper, May 23, 2016.

  1. godwisper

    godwisper Notebook Enthusiast

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    for personal reasons I need to disable the secure boot from bios but when I do so windows does not load. Any ideas how to do this ?
     
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    iunlock 7980XE @ 5.4GHz

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    You may need to change your boot order in BIOS.

    I must admit, AW has one of the worst BIOS that I've seen....it's a pain I know....

    My boot order needed to be change for it to boot....just go in reorder and disable the last two if need be...

    Hope it helps...
     
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    Thanks. Can you elaborate on how to do this please ?
     
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    tried to change booting options but still get the error unaccessible_boot_device and needs to restart than it restarts and get a half split blue and black screen and need to manually press the power button to switch off. Tried changing uefi to legacy but seems it does not find the hard disk

    any help pls ?
     
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    iunlock 7980XE @ 5.4GHz

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    Is your m.2 your boot drive? If so, unplug your 2.5" drive and only boot from the m.2.

    Do not change to Legacy.

    Make sure the first two boot orders are enabled and properly selected respectively to the right drives. Scroll down the lost and choose from there.



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