HP Laptop 15 da0022ca - Unable to Boot from USB Drive/SD Card Reader
Vendor: HP Product: HP Laptop 15 da0022ca Model: da0022ca Year Manufactured: 2018 CPU: Intel Core i3-8130U BIOS Firmware Version: F.04 Bought this 2 yr old model for under CAD$400 which has 8th Gen Intel Core technology that supports DDR4 RAM with higher capacity. The first issue I found in Internet about HP laptop is often it cannot boot from USB device, and card reader, which seems to experience by many earlier models. This issue is encountered in my laptop that sold in 2018-2019 as well. Further testing found that booting from the build-in SD card reader is not available as well. The BIOS's boot order obviously is buggy, and don't allow to boot from both USB device, and build-in SD card reader Following is the procedure to follow in order to make bootable USB thumb drive. These guideline could be applicable to other laptop models as well as these are general firmware programmer knowledge gap on various technologies and hardware. Option 1: BIOS Firmware Instruction: Upgrad...