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‎07-08-2015 03:42 PM

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Product: HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 8.1 (64-bit)

So because im gonna install ubuntu 15.04 alongside windows i need to disable secure boot. So i go in there and find that i cant change much. I did a little research and found out that you have to "unlock" your BIOS. How do i do this?

 

 

OS: Windows 8.1 64-bit

 

PC: HP ENVY 17 Notebook PC

 

BIOS: Insyde F.65, 2014-11-20

 

RAM: 8GB

 

Cpu: Intel Core i7-4700MQ @ 2.40GHZ

 

BIOS mode: UEFI

 

SMBIOS version: 2.7

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‎07-08-2015 04:00 PM

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NVM i solved it dont reply.

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‎07-08-2015 04:00 PM

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NVM i solved it dont reply.

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‎06-02-2016 08:04 AM

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hey man I was wondering if you could tell me how you unlocked it thanks

 

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‎12-08-2019 02:18 PM

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Hi Cyburg,

  

 Were you able to unlock the bios? I'm curious how since I also have an HP Envy.

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