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The "Linux only BIOS" also works for Windows though so you can dual boot with it. The reason why they say it doesn't is because they don't want to spend money o

The "Linux only BIOS" also works for Windows though so you can dual boot with it. The reason why they say it doesn't is because they don't want to spend money on officially supporting it and AHCI gives a slight performance decrease from their default RAID configuration.

tdkl 10y ago
Well if it does work with Windows, then fine, I took it from the article, that there's no chance running Windows or dual booting after switching to it. > because they don't want to spend money on officially supporting it I hope this doesn't mean the warranty and support is void after doing this, wouldn't even surprise me.
- marcosdumay 10y ago
  > I took it from the article, that there's no chance running Windows or dual booting after switching to it That's literally what they said. The GP is telling you it's a lie (and is very probably right, but I don't know the details), but they said you can not dual boot.
wtallis 10y ago
> "and AHCI gives a slight performance decrease from their default RAID configuration." Is that actually true, or is it really that using Microsoft's AHCI driver instead of Intel's driver hurts performance? Last time I checked, Intel's driver could be used even when the controller is in AHCI mode.
- qb45 10y ago
  I've seen speculation that it's about forcing Intel's custom driver which supports some nonstandard power management features. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html Apparently, there isn't much difference between AHCI and RAID modes in the hardware itself.
djsumdog 10y ago
A lot of the newer developer grade laptops have nvme options anyway (which work on both Windows and current Linux kernels). My XPS 13 runs on Linux with nvme fine.
brudgers 10y ago
I suspect you're correct and that the new BIOS may break Windows certification. My experience is that Windows 10 runs fine on non-certified hardware since it's running fine on four non-certified machines here at the house.
Hydraulix989 10y ago
The other reason is that Windows 7 is compatible with the "Linux only BIOS."

tdkl 10y ago

Well if it does work with Windows, then fine, I took it from the article, that there's no chance running Windows or dual booting after switching to it. > because they don't want to spend money on officially supporting it I hope this doesn't mean the warranty and support is void after doing this, wouldn't even surprise me.

marcosdumay 10y ago
> I took it from the article, that there's no chance running Windows or dual booting after switching to it That's literally what they said. The GP is telling you it's a lie (and is very probably right, but I don't know the details), but they said you can not dual boot.

wtallis 10y ago

> "and AHCI gives a slight performance decrease from their default RAID configuration." Is that actually true, or is it really that using Microsoft's AHCI driver instead of Intel's driver hurts performance? Last time I checked, Intel's driver could be used even when the controller is in AHCI mode.

qb45 10y ago
I've seen speculation that it's about forcing Intel's custom driver which supports some nonstandard power management features. https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html https://mjg59.dreamwidth.org/44694.html Apparently, there isn't much difference between AHCI and RAID modes in the hardware itself.

djsumdog 10y ago

A lot of the newer developer grade laptops have nvme options anyway (which work on both Windows and current Linux kernels). My XPS 13 runs on Linux with nvme fine.

brudgers 10y ago

I suspect you're correct and that the new BIOS may break Windows certification. My experience is that Windows 10 runs fine on non-certified hardware since it's running fine on four non-certified machines here at the house.

Hydraulix989 10y ago

The other reason is that Windows 7 is compatible with the "Linux only BIOS."