Laptop extremely slow after BIOS update

[dojohof]

Hi! At the end of April/beggining of May my BIOS got updated. Since then, my pc got much slower and oftenly crashes (with software that uses a lot of memory). It also gets really hot and makes a lot of noise, and the fan goes crazy. The BIOS version is F.08. Strangely, there is no information about the update date in the BIOS settings. Could someone help me out with this?Thanks a lot.

[Kumar0307]

@dojohof, Welcome to the HP Support Community!

• What model Notebook do you use?

Try restoring the BIOS to default and check if that helps:

1. Turn off the computer and wait five seconds.
2. Press the Power button to start the computer and repeatedly press the F10 key to enter the BIOS setup menu.
3. On the BIOS Setup screen, press F9 to select and load the BIOS Setup Default settings.
4. Press F10 to Save and Exit.
5. Use the arrow keys to select Yes, then press Enter when asked Exit Saving Changes?
6. Follow the prompts to restart your computer.

Also, run a System test to check on the Hardware components of the PC

1. Shutdown the computer using the power button (pressed and hold for a few seconds until PC powers off)
2. Power the computer back on.
3. As soon as you press the power-on button, immediately begin hitting the Esc button (like tap-tap-tap) before any logo appears. This should open a HP Startup Menu
4. Choose F2 to open System Diagnostics. Follow the on-screen instructions to perform System Test >> Quick test.

Let me know how this goes.

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[SDW_ASM]

Same behaviour on an EliteBook 840 G2. BIOS update made the computer extremely slow and even stalling completely.

Will restoring BIOS improve the speed?

By the way, I am an HP employee, not a student. Don't seem to be able to change this.