OK I have completely isolated the problem with pausing at the RST screen after BIOS The problem was my Logitech Nano Receiver I use for wireless keyboard/mouse. If the receiver was in my external USB hub (with power adapter), or the regular USB 2.0 port, it *sometimes* hung. If the receiver was in t...

OK, I'm a dope, SpeedStep was in bios and I had it enabled, processor messages gone from sys event log now. However I still hang at the RST option rom screen. As for the RST driver, I'm on 11.7.0.1013 -- from Intel's site, status: current released: 11/19/2012 EDIT: obviously option rom bios and wind...

Hi everyone :D I just picked up a new w530 primarily for VM work but it will probably be replacing my MacBook Pro for daily use as well. However I'm not new to Lenovo or IBM (or AMBRA for that matter). I've deployed scores of lenovos but this is the first one I've owned. In windows 8 I get a lot of ...