No problem on the tips, hope you like 'em medium well

Possible regarding the BIOS... had mine lock just after completing the update one time during testing, that's when I decided to disable that feature thinking about what could be, lol. (semi-funny side note... after one late night session at the bench, could still see those red LEDs sequencing in my mind's eye when trying to go to sleep... sure sign of too much bench time .)

No, once you disable the option, it doesn't put the "backing up CMOS" on the screen during boot. Shows "Verifying DMI pool data" and then starts booting from the drive.