the CSM option in bios is disabled -how do i enable it?

like the title said, how do i enable CSM? iam poised to try booting from flash drive that contains the linux ISO thingy. i wish to try it, out of curiousity

Pathfinder said:

like the title said, how do i enable CSM? iam poised to try booting from flash drive that contains the linux ISO thingy. i wish to try it, out of curiousity

Maybe turning off secure boot first?
Windows 8.1/ 10 WHQL Support [Disabled]
Secure Boot
Sets the Windows secure boot to prevent the unauthorized accessing. Press
<Enter> to enter the sub-menu. This sub-menu will appear when Windows 8.1/ 10
WHQL Support is enabled.

And Secure Boot Support [Disabled]

▶Boot Mode Select [LEGACY+UEFI]
Sets the system boot mode from legacy or UEFI architecture depending on OS
installation requirement. This item will become un-selectable and will be configured
automatically by BIOS when Windows 8.1/ 10 WHQL Support is enabled.
[UEFI] Enables UEFI BIOS boot mode support only.
[LEGACY+UEFI] Enables both Legacy BIOS boot mode and UEFI BIOS boot
mode.


These are for my MOBO

I do believe Cliff S is right, you need to turn Secure Boot off first. That should unlock the CSM setting. You need to turn Secure Boot off anyway as far as I know, to boot from Linux Install media.

ok i have done that and ive formatted flash drive to FAT32..and it is recognized on the bios menu... but do i have to unzip the file before try to boot from that?

​iam more curious to try out new os than ever before. but not to worry, i will still use windows on a daily basis

Pathfinder said:

ok i have done that and ive formatted flash drive to FAT32..and it is recognized on the bios menu... but do i have to unzip the file before try to boot from that?

​iam more curious to try out new os than ever before. but not to worry, i will still use windows on a daily basis

Malcom, read this link about installing Ubuntu: Installation - Community Help Wiki

If you have the ISO Zipped, just unzip it straight to the USB stick.
I usually just download the ISO mount it in file explorer, then copy & paste the files to the USB drive.

tried to unzip..cant do it.. i got the file straight from linux site. why does it say password

It's an ISO, not a zip, just double click to mount in file explorer, then select all the folders and files, and copy them to the usb drive.

i extracted the linux bundle using unetbootin successfully..restarted, changed boot order to the iso thats on flash...but nothing happened..it went to usual login screen . odd

here is the screenshot as requested