MSI bios Mr Roman, thanks much for swift response, I won't be able to report back until Tues or Wed, but I will. Thanks again BD
Well this is what RW everything shows about my laptop's current BIOS [BIOS Information] (Type 0) 00 18 00 00 01 02 00 F0 03 1F 80 DA 09 48 00 00.............H.. 00 00 87 07 0B 0A 0B 0A 41 6D 65 72 69 63 61 6E........American 20 4D 65 67 61 74 72 65 6E 64 73 20 49 6E 63 2E Megatrends Inc. 00 52 31 31 31 30 59 31 00 30 38 2F 31 34 2F 32.R1110Y1.08/14/2 30 30 38 00 00 008..