gateway nv79,with legacy bios would like to get uefi bios

GRAHAMUK7
GRAHAMUK7 Member Posts: 11

Tinkerer

edited March 2023 in Acer Software

gateway nv79,with legacy bios would like to get uefi bios as a friend told me is more secure,bios ver v1.08 insydeh 20. many thanks for any adive ,cheers


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Answers

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 31,436 Trailblazer

    You will have to look on the Gateway support site to see if they did a different BIOS. They might no longer have BIOSes available though, since the mmodel is so old. Which NV79 model is it?

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  • GRAHAMUK7
    GRAHAMUK7 Member Posts: 11

    Tinkerer

    it is a nv79c in a packardbell lj6 case

  • billsey
    billsey ACE Posts: 31,436 Trailblazer

    It looks like they never did support for later than Windows 7 in that model, so won't have a UEFI BIOS available. UEFI is more secure, but a decent antivirus should help keep the rootkit style viruses away.

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