On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 12:55 AM, David W. Hodgins <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 17:07:07 -0400, Maurice Batey <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Tue, 14 Aug 2012 04:40:20 +1000, Tony Blackwell wrote: >> >> Unfortunately, UEFI bios can not turn off. >>> >> >> I had the same non-reply from a UK PC assembler (which uses ASUS >> MB's). >> > How can you know before buying the PC whether it has UEFI? Is it mentioned somewhere? I thought about asking the selling person, but chances are that he/she will have no clue about what UEFI is, and will invent the answer. >> They don't seem aware of Secure Boot, and assume you want to turn >> UEFI itself off, which is nonsense. >> >> But it doesn't matter what OS you wan to isntall . >>> >> >> Which seems to suggest Secure Boot *can* be disabled! >> > > I've recently bought an ASUS Sabertooth 990FX, which is a uefi > motherboard. > > Secure boot cannot be ENabled. There is no such option yet > in the existing ASUS motherboards, hence the support staff > don't have a clue what is being asked. > > Regards, Dave Hodgins >
