Cannot access Bios or Boot Menu during startup

[QUOTE=Layback Bear;1295450]Now that you got your ssd attached to sata port "0".
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[I had to find the "0" SATA socket and manually connect my SSD drive to it. All is well now that I did this, but I would still like to get into my Bios (like I /QUOTE]

Now check if your mouse and keyboard are attached to a usb port 2.0 (Not 3.0). Will that allow you to get into the bios in the normal fashion?

I like others recommend when you get into the bios don't use fast, quick, supper quick boot or what it is called
Does your bios have or request a password?

Jack

Yes! Using a wired USB 2.0 keyboard and wired mouse works fine. Thanks!!! So this is how it was working before, and I can keep the Bios set at "Ultra Fast" mode! Also, no passwords.

EdTittel said:

Here's the reply from Tom's Hardware's main motherboard reviewer Tom Soderstrom, via email this morning: "Hammering the delete key at startup usually still works. Most boards have a 1-3 second delay for this built in, but you often don’t see it because modern monitors take up to 3 seconds to go active. Even without the delay, if you’re tapping fast enough you can usually get lucky within the 30 milliseconds or so it takes to hand off to the OS "
Hope that works for you. It's new and possibly welcome information to me.
Best wishes,
--Ed--

Yes, and again, my Gigabyte motherboard is "smart" enough to allow you several additional seconds along with a window that allows the user to enter the bios if you use the reset button built into the case. I had a cheap ASUS motherboard installed and it worked fine but was much slower booting up, and opening up programs within Windows 10.

PolarNettles said:

Do you have ultra-fast boot enabled in BIOS?

Please god tell me there’s a solution to this.

Comanderikari said:

Please god tell me there’s a solution to this.

powercfg -h off

Run it in a command prompt with admin privileges [Command Prompt (Admin)].

Comanderikari said:

Please god tell me there’s a solution to this.

I had this Ultra fast boot on my MB. After a BIOS update it doesn't have it no more.
Is your BIOS up to date?
Ultra fast boot disable BIOS USB drivers so you don't have USB keyboard until Windows loads it's own driver.

The only way is to reset BIOS (disconnect the PS from the wall outlet and take the coin battery for 1 minute)

Kari said:

You can boot to Advanced Startup Options from Windows desktop, then access BIOS / UEFI settings or select boot device from there. Easiest way to access Advanced Startup Options is to press WIN + R to open Run dialog, type shutdown /r /o /f /t 00 and hit Enter.

Tutorial: Boot to Advanced Startup Options in Windows 10 Installation Upgrade Tutorials

Kari

Kari,

I have the same problem as of today. My PC boots directly into Windows 10, ignoring the Bios boot sequence with the CD/DVD drive set before the HDD . Usually, pressing F2 will do it. No longer now.

I also used the " shutdown....etc sequence , but it doesn't work either.
My computer is an old one ( about 7-8 yrs) but I never had any problem with entering the BIOS settings. so far .

My processor is Intel Core i3-2120 CPU.. 2 cores..,Legacy Bios American Megatrends v 17.1 2011-04-11, Baseboard MFG MSI Product H61M-F21 ( MS-7680)

The only change I had done in the BIOS a couple of weeks ago was enabling the virtualization-based security, because I was planning to run a 2nd OS with VMWare, but I gave up because I have only 4 GB RAM.

I wonder how this happened.

Thanks

Ittiandro

[QUOTE=ittiandro;2382613]Kari,

I have the same problem as of today. My PC boots directly into Windows 10, ignoring the Bios boot sequence with the CD/DVD drive set before the HDD . Usually, pressing F2 will do it. No longer now.

I also used the " shutdown....etc sequence , but it doesn't work either.
My computer is an old one ( about 7-8 yrs) but I never had any problem with entering the BIOS settings. so far .

My processor is Intel Core i3-2120 CPU.. 2 cores..,Legacy Bios American Megatrends v 17.1 2011-04-11, Baseboard MFG MSI Product H61M-F21 ( MS-7680)

The only change I had done in the BIOS a couple of weeks ago was enabling the virtualization-based security, because I was planning to run a 2nd OS with VMWare, but I gave up because I have only 4 GB RAM.

I wonder how this happened.

Thanks
@ Itiandro
I have the same problem, started even a thread on this topis a couple of weeks ago. Purchased a second hand desktop a month ago, it booted o. k., butalways skipped BIOS on upstart, no matter what I did. Was adviced to remove the CMOS battery for 10 minutes then put it back and reboot. Did that, after that tweak, the desktop does not boot at all.Everything having failed, I ´ll probably get a replacement motherboard.