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BIOS gave strange "New CPU detected" message
Following a recent security concern, my computer suddenly started acting very weird and slow, so just to be safe, I quickly shut down with the intention of re-installing Windows, but then something strange happened...
A couple of days later I hooked up a CD drive to reinstall Windows, plus a blank hard drive. To my surprise, when I booted, the BIOS informed me that a NEW CPU had been detected and it was being installed! This made no sense as I have made absolutely no hardware changes. This strange message only ever appeared once.
Since then, my graphics card has also been really strange (even with a clean Windows re-install). The graphics are glitching not only in Windows but in the BIOS right from the splash screen.
I'm wondering if malware could have flashed my HARDWARE?