Access BIOS -What key?

[Wivelden]

What key is it to access the BIOS on the Optimus VII Pro? I have tried the usual keys like F2 and escape etc. I'm holing down the keys too but it wont allow me to bring the BIOS up.

 

[Bastet]

Have you tried F7 or F12? You might have to keep tapping the key rather than holding it down.

 

[stegor]

On some motherboards it's the delete key.

 

[ahmsub]

f2 is they key to access bios, but ....

if u have windows 10, open command prompt and type shutdown/p
windows 10 does not seem to completely shutdown, it goes into a deep hibernation mode when you shutdown, but the above command will FULY shutdown windows 10 and your laptop, then when u power up, u will have enough time to press f2 to enter bios, pcs tech guy told me this as i couldnt enter bios cos i wanted to reinstall windows and switch off the uefi bios.

hope that helped.

 

[Wivelden]

f2 is they key to access bios, but ....

if u have windows 10, open command prompt and type shutdown/p
windows 10 does not seem to completely shutdown, it goes into a deep hibernation mode when you shutdown, but the above command will FULY shutdown windows 10 and your laptop, then when u power up, u will have enough time to press f2 to enter bios, pcs tech guy told me this as i couldnt enter bios cos i wanted to reinstall windows and switch off the uefi bios.

hope that helped.

Thank you. Finally got into it. Not much in the settings anyway. Just wanted to have a nosey.

 

[Bastet]

Yeah tested the F2 key too for a nosey & got into the BIOS.

 

[ubuysa]

f2 is they key to access bios, but ....

if u have windows 10, open command prompt and type shutdown/p
windows 10 does not seem to completely shutdown, it goes into a deep hibernation mode when you shutdown, but the above command will FULY shutdown windows 10 and your laptop, then when u power up, u will have enough time to press f2 to enter bios, pcs tech guy told me this as i couldnt enter bios cos i wanted to reinstall windows and switch off the uefi bios.

hope that helped.

Windows 10, and Windows 8 for that matter, use the hibernate function on shutdown to provide for a faster startup. When you shutdown Windows 10 the kernel is hibernated, not shutdown. That's why you need to use ahmsub's suggestion of the "shutdown /p" command to stop the kernel being hibernated. The other way to stop that is to disable hibernation altogether, you can do that with the "powercfg -h off" command.

 

[PhilipA]

For future reference, this worked for me today. Rebooted me straight into the BIOS.

shutdown /r /fw

/r Full shutdown and restart the computer.
/fw Combine with a shutdown option to cause the next boot to go to the firmware user interface.

 

[ubuysa]

For future reference, this worked for me today. Rebooted me straight into the BIOS.

shutdown /r /fw

/r Full shutdown and restart the computer.
/fw Combine with a shutdown option to cause the next boot to go to the firmware user interface.

Nice find, that shutdown option must have escaped me. Kudos.