They both give around 798. something Mb.
If interested, I have attached a report from HWInfo.
141250

I also noticed something else:
141230

Surely that can't be right?
Has to be far too slow, I assume.

Well, so far I have at least managed to get the latest Intel Chipset for my machine.
The BIOS will probably be a work of patience and carrying on looking.

At least I have something, the version...

I assume it must be part of my symptoms, if, in spite of having reversed the boot order and having bootable media in the laptop, it still boots up in the usual way.

Furthermore, I have a USB DVD...

No, unfortunately I saw my usual normal desktop.

Yes, I used the first method and have a bootable disk.



I did change the boot order, I also tried from a USB stick, it seems to be ignored by...

Hi,
thank you for your input.

I have downloaded th ISO and put it onto a DVD.

I set the boot order to boot from DVD, but apart from the fact the machine booted up much slower than usual, it...

Some more information regarding the splash screen issue:
I have noticed that, when I hold the "Volume Up" control (in my case "Fn+F8") while I press the power button (I read this somewhere online,...

This is the one with the yield sign, the properties say (obviously) the device is disabled:
139782
This is the "copy", according to the properties, this device is not connected:
139783

This is the device manager as it is when opened:
139774
And with hidden devices shown:

139775
I am a bit frightened to post a screenshot in Safe Mode, as the top one has a yellow triangle then...

In part 1, as far as I can see, the pop-up itself does not flicker.

In part 2, I have not used any of those apps, however I have ran the Norton uninstall app, and it seemed to have no impact.
I...

1. Taskbar is not flickering.
2. None of those apps are present on my laptop.
3. Have done this without it making the slightest difference.

At the moment the only solution that has helped is the...

I think I've done it.

As usual, the flicker was not there in Safe mode and there was a copy of the Generic Pnp Monitor there with a yellow exclamation mark.

When I went back to normal mode, the...

I have updated to the latest Windows but the flicker is still there.
I will try another scannow and restorehealth.

OK, doing that now.
Thank you.

Clean boot v Normal:
On one occasion the machine refused to boot in clean boot mode altogether.
When it eventually did, it booted up very slowly and it ran at a snail's pace and the CPU and disk...

After the clean boot (even before that) I have had a reasonable fast startup, with splash screen, both with fast startup turned on and off.

However, I made a small mistake (maybe a good thing I...

I think, instead of a specialist, I need a priest to perform an exorcism. :p

Now, seriously, after your previous post, where you mentioned the Atheros driver etc. I rebooted and the splash screen...

Oops, was a bit too fast.
Windows 10 Version 1607 (OS build 14393.447)
Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.14393]
(c) 2016 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.


C:\WINDOWS\system32>winver
...

And here is the Software Environment report:
Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online.

Hope I did it the way you meant.

Thank you.

This one is for the Hardware Environment (impossible to copy all the info at once), the rest to follow soon:
Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online.

There you go:
Microsoft OneDrive - Access files anywhere. Create docs with free Office Online.

Fortunately I managed to get rid of the flicker, just by restarting in safe mode and restarting in normal mode again.

The boot problem is still there, but it needs a bit of patience.
What I do...

OK, now, today I have not managed to start my laptop up yet.
However, after I restarted yesterday after I had gone through all the steps and posted the results, my screen flickers constantly,...

<iframe src="https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=C936EAF6CC431E1D&resid=C936EAF6CC431E1D%2113472&authkey=ADmx3XKZlY4ecoA" width="98" height="120" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>
EDIT: What...

Odd, because when I click it, I get taken straight to it.
Maybe if I post it directly instead of in a link tag: OneDrive
Let me know how this goes, please.