I have a new Defiance V - and the Insyde BIOS supplied seems awfully restricted, especially for a machine pitched as a gaming/desktop replacement, and with a price tag to match. Certainly it's very sparse compared to that on my old Optimus.
Is there an advanced mode or something that I'm missing?
I can't, for example, seem to disable the built in SSD drive (I would prefer to use the M2 NVMe "drive" to boot from, but I can't get the Windows installer to do that. Normally I would just disable the other drive until after Windows installation).
I don't want to physically remove the drive, because - again, unlike my old Optimus - I would have to completely disassemble the thing to get at the SATA port.
There also doesn't seem to be a tool in the BIOS to update itself. Maybe I'm spoiled by modern Acer BIOSes on desktops, but I can't remember the last time I did a BIOS update other than from the BIOS itself.
Physically, it's a nice machine. It's light, sleek, and powerful. The inability to get at the drives and battery, I can grudgingly accept as a trade-off for that, though it's likely not one I'd make again.
But the dinky toy BIOS? Sheesh.
Is there an advanced mode or something that I'm missing?
I can't, for example, seem to disable the built in SSD drive (I would prefer to use the M2 NVMe "drive" to boot from, but I can't get the Windows installer to do that. Normally I would just disable the other drive until after Windows installation).
I don't want to physically remove the drive, because - again, unlike my old Optimus - I would have to completely disassemble the thing to get at the SATA port.
There also doesn't seem to be a tool in the BIOS to update itself. Maybe I'm spoiled by modern Acer BIOSes on desktops, but I can't remember the last time I did a BIOS update other than from the BIOS itself.
Physically, it's a nice machine. It's light, sleek, and powerful. The inability to get at the drives and battery, I can grudgingly accept as a trade-off for that, though it's likely not one I'd make again.
But the dinky toy BIOS? Sheesh.