Update: Finally got around to installing the update, that went well enough, but the Win10 install had its own updates, and wiped out my grub bootloader. I ended up having to boot from my arch install media (which I thankfully still had), in order to reinstall grub, reconfigure grub, and finally add the efi entry back. I'm now seriously considering removing Win10 altogether, because I almost never use it, and Win10 updates keep breaking my bootloader/efi.
Oh, and there's still no vram option in the uefi menu.
]]>Look for a reliable computer repair service near you .
Verify if they offer installing windows and 3rd party programs on systems not sold by them.
They should also have an in-house repair service and perform hardware upgrades (like a bigger ssd or more memory).
Inquire with them what will happen in case the firmware update bricks the laptop.
Good repair services will have special tools to reprogram the firmware or send the device to specialists (like the repair service of the manufacturer) that have them.
* the infamous samsung uefi brick was caused by booting , not by updating firmware.
]]>[1] indicates you may need a firmware with agesa 1.1.0.5 to be able to change vram .
Lenovo doesn't indicate which agesa their latest firmware provides[2] , but the release date is way younger then the dell community forum thread in [1] ..
Chances latest lenovo firmware does have agesa 1.1.0.5 or later are huge.
The version is 7VCN49WW , what is your firmware version?
The download appears to be a windows pe installer but doesn't have an extraction only output .
Is win10 still present on the laptop ?
[1] https://www.dell.com/community/Inspiron … -p/6236652
[2] https://pcsupport.lenovo.com/nl/en/prod … ouch-15arr
The game actually runs well once I lower the resolution, though I would still like to run it at a higher resolution.
Is there a way that I can allocate more vram, and see if that helps performance? Or do you think that it's something else causing the slowdown?
Update: I just checked Amid Evil, runs perfectly with no tweaking. It was literally unplayable from the Debian install, so I have reason to believe that I can get Doom 2016 running.
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