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XPS 8930, hidden BIOS features?
Several motherboards that I've owned had "hidden features" in the BIOS that could be accessed with some combination of keystrokes. Now, I'm working with a XPS 8930, and am wondering if there's something similar that will access some of the stuff that's either grayed out in the settings (or hidden altogether). For example, I'm not finding any way to disable items like the onboard sound and graphics. I should note that, at one time, when you plugged a graphics card into and AGP or PCI-E adapter slot, the onboard graphic would be disabled automatically. As is, the sound and graphics hardware get's setup by Windows and clutter up the software environment. I simply want to get rid of the devices and run the system as cleanly possible. Searched for this, BTW, and didn't find anything that seemed applicable to the 8930.
Joke well taken, but I believe that the hidden features that I referenced were usually concealed to keep users from getting in over their heads. Good enough, but premium mobo makers realize that owners possess both different levels of skill and need. Hence, the practice that I mentioned above.
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Posted June 24th, 2019 20:00
No, there are no "Hidden Features" .
On UEFI systems, you typically disable devices from the Windows Device Manager.
Finally, as far as core-hardware like Intel on-board graphics and primary audio -device, I suggest you not mess with them.
If you don't want to use them, just ignore them (you don't have to kill them).
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