New Set up problems.

50Twuncle

I have 2 problems with my PC

1. the BIOS won't let me keep my newly fitted SSD as the default boot device - the SSD appears in the list of boot devices (F8) but not in the normal (order) list of boot devices - so every time that I reboot, I have to go via F8

2. My Thunderbird set-up will not display a full screen width of text (when sending mail) - limiting me to txt rather than HTML

Any suggestions on fixes for either of these problems greatfruitly received....

JJ_Egan

Bios update ?? check your motherboards web site .

jje

esuhl

^^ Good call.

Otherwise, perhaps you could install the MBR on a standard hard disk (so you can set the BIOS to boot that disk) and have it pointing to the SSD... Or do all PCs use UEFI now... I'm a bit out of date with how it all works now... :-/

50Twuncle

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Bios update ?? check your motherboards web site .

jje

Thanks - I prefer not to touch my BIOS (Last time I tried - on an old PC - I killed the motherboard) - besides, this PC is less than a year old - so should be reasonably up to date .....
I have got the BIOS to recognise the SSD as the boot device, by making the whole lot "unavailable" then adding the SSD in position 1 on its own....

50Twuncle

And I have just successfully activated windows - so there's no going back now !!

50Twuncle

Any suggestions on Thunderbird problem 2. Above ?

NiftyDigits

50Twuncle wrote: »

Thanks - I prefer not to touch my BIOS (Last time I tried - on an old PC - I killed the motherboard) - besides, this PC is less than a year old - so should be reasonably up to date .....
I have got the BIOS to recognise the SSD as the boot device, by making the whole lot "unavailable" then adding the SSD in position 1 on its own....

Are you sure? Did you attempt a BIOS recovery?

50Twuncle

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Are you sure? Did you attempt a BIOS recovery?

Yes I did and it failed to recover - I even tried a new MoBo (borrowed from work) and that failed - so I am assuming that the BIOS update killed the processor....
Hence I prefer to leave the BIOS as it is - at least it does run - nice and quick !!
It was an old 4 core Q8300 !!

grumpycrab

50Twuncle wrote: »

2. My Thunderbird set-up will not display a full screen width of text (when sending mail) - limiting me to txt rather than HTML

For starters:-
1. -> Options -> Account Settings
2. -> Composition And Addressing
3. Place a check in the box labeled "Compose messages in HTML format."
4. Click "OK." All messages sent from Thunderbird will be sent in the HTML format.

NiftyDigits

50Twuncle wrote: »

Yes I did and it failed to recover - I even tried a new MoBo (borrowed from work) and that failed - so I am assuming that the BIOS update killed the processor....
Hence I prefer to leave the BIOS as it is - at least it does run - nice and quick !!
It was an old 4 core Q8300 !!

Erm... no. Perhaps some other problem. Maybe your PSU.

Shame about the old system.

50Twuncle

NiftyDigits wrote: »

Erm... no. Perhaps some other problem. Maybe your PSU.

Shame about the old system.

Not really - I needed an excuse to get an i7 !!