New computer gets BSoD too often

Come to think of it. Did you have secure boot turned on in the BIOS ? if so, turn it off then try to update your BIOS again.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    8.1x64PWMC Ubuntu14.04x64 MintMate17x64
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Home Brewed
    CPU
    I7 4970K OC'ed @4.7 GHz
    Motherboard
    MSI-Z97
    Memory
    16 GB G-Skill Trident X @2400MHZ
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
    Sound Card
    X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dual HP-W2408
    Screen Resolution
    1920X1200
    Hard Drives
    256 GB M2 sm951, (2) 500GB 850EVO, 5TB, 2 TB Seagate
    PSU
    Antec 850W
    Case
    Antec 1200
    Cooling
    Danger Den H20
    Keyboard
    Logitech
    Mouse
    Logitech Performance Mouse MX
    Internet Speed
    35/12mbps
    Browser
    Firefox
Apparently it was turned on. I'm not able to disable it, it's grayed out.

View attachment 28502

Do you have any idea how I can access it?
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MSI
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700MQ Processor
    Memory
    DDR3 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT 750M / 2GB GDDR5
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    750GB 7200RPM
    Browser
    Chrome
Okay, I was able to disable it.

I had to go in the boot device menu to 'Boot' and set 'Fast Boot' to disabled. Doing it from the control panel is not enough apparently.
I also had to change 'Boot mode select' from 'UEFI' to 'UEFI with CSM', then restart the system.

After all that, Secure Boot is now Disabled.

However...
I still don't get the option to pick my USB. Now I just get this:
View attachment 28505
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    MSI
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-4700MQ Processor
    Memory
    DDR3 8GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Nvidia GeForce GT 750M / 2GB GDDR5
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    750GB 7200RPM
    Browser
    Chrome
Secure Boot is a pain. It's very well-intentioned, but it makes booting from flash drives much more difficult. I find booting from flash to install Windows is much faster than using a CD/DVD, but UEFI and Secure Boot involves the extra step of disabling Secure Boot--with its glaring warnings about doing so. It works, but it's a pain nevertheless.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    HP Envy h8-1534
    Memory
    10GB
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    Kingston HyperX 128GB SSD
    Seagate 1.5TB HDD
    Seagate 750GB HDD
    Internet Speed
    Comcast XFINITY Blast 50
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