Windows 7 does not access BIOS

I start the computer ( equipped with Windows 7 Pro ) and try to access BIOS. I do this by pressing and holding the DEL key but Windows starts without accessing BIOS ! Is there another way to do get BIOS setup ? Appreciate your help AntonABC...

Windows 8 UEFI and getting BIOS access back. FIX

I was having trouble on my M3A770DE board because Windows 8 had turned on that UEFI thing so I could no longer access normal BIOS. I tried everything to turn it off or to access bios screen in windows 8 (which it doesn't have with my board). It took a little while but then I realized the sort of FIX. Update your bios using the windows bio...

Custom built windows and doors are a wise choice

One of the easiest and fastest ways to remodel your room is by adding custom built windows and doors. Custom built doors and windows not only add an attractive entrance to a property but are also stylish and long lasting.

ACHI > RAID mobo problem?

I have the G1. Sniper 3 mobo with 1 SSD and multiple HHDs. I set the BIOS to ACHI and installed Windows 7 on the SSD. I planned to configure the non-OS drives in RAID5, but then discovered this not supported in Windows 7. So, I want to reinstall W7 on the SSD after first configuring the HHDs in RAID 5 using Intel mobo RAID. I changed...

Go to Bios utility.

MSI has as part of their fast Bios utility a "Go to Bios Function" in windows 7. Apparently this function is built in to WIndows 8. No need to hit delete or F2 Any one know of a utility that does that that is not motherboard specific and works in windows 7? Related Forum Threads Setting up color on LCD monitors...

Upgrade to windows 8 now unable to access files

I up-graded to windows 8 from windows 7, all has been fine until today when I am no longer able to access my saved documents error message Attachment 18971 (http://www.eightforums.com/attachments/ f1/f2/18971-upgrade-windows-8-now-unable -access-files-doc-no-longer-working.jpg) ...

Intel Xeon ES x5650 & Evga SR-2

Hello, I'm new here and im trying to get some help on my new build. I keep getting a cmos checksome error, and im unable to change my bios settings. Ive changed the bios battery and still have the same issues. Im able to boot into windows, but i can only do so on default settings. In my bios its shows i have 2 intel processors, but with...

Unable to access my bios after installing the Asus HD 6670

Hello, I'm new around here and pretty new to working on my own PC. I installed the new card and it works fine,But I would like to run it in dual graphics mode with my AMD A10 5800K APU. Since installing the card when I try and access my bios the screen stays black and I have to reboot the computer. Any suggestions would be greatly appreci...

Keyboard not working in bios

I was recently stupid enough to buy an intel motherboard. Apparently it has a fast boot option that it defaults to meaning usb mice and keyboards don't work before windows boots up, hence you can't access bios to turn it of. Resetting the bios jumper from 1,2 to 2,3 makes the machine boot straight into bios, but off course the keyboard st...

Bios Boot Configuration Options Gone

I recently purchased an Asus N56VJ with Windows 8 pre-installed. At first I was trying to downgrade to Windows 7, but could not get past the windows splash screen trying to do a clean install . Anyway, while I was trying to figure out how to install windows 7, I was messing around in the bios. I decided to just stick with the Windows 8, b...

Solved Windows 8 - Unable to Access NTFS File Drive

I purchased a new SSD drive for running windows 8, while installing I unplugged all of my other drives in my machine including a WD 2TB drive I use for files. I cannot seem to get the Windows 8 installation to be able to access the drive when I select it it says *"F:\ is not accessible. Access is denied"* after following the instructions...

Changing SATA Mode to IDE causing freezes.

Changed SATA mode to IDE from ACHI in BIOS on a Windows Vista Gateway Desktop because I want to install windows XP from disc and now my computer freezes at the Gateway Logo screen (the bottom has the F10 boot menu and F2 BIOS options) but I cannot access BIOS or anything because I cannot get past this Gateway Logo screen. The computer is...

Windows Failed to Start and No Safe Mode

I have a desktop pc running Windows 7 Home 64bit. Yesterday I did some Windows updates and it apparently crashed the pc overnight. I can't gain access to safe mode. I really don't don't know anything about Bios or repairing computers I usually just restore though safe mode. I managed to set the bios first boot to usb-cdrom. I have the win...

Longer BIOS post times with extra HDD's ?

Hi All, First post here. I currently have a Z77 Extreme 4 motherboard with a 240gb Sandisk SSD running Windows 8 and two Seagate 3tb HDD's for storage and a BD ROM. With everything connected, my boot time is approx 25sec with approx 11sec of this in BIOS post. However with only the SSD connected (ie disconnect 2 x 3tb HDD and BD ROM) th...

Bricked Surface Pro

I tried to install Linux and Windows 7. Linux installs but won't boot after the install (just goes to the BIOS, exit the BIOS, goes back to the BIOS). Tried to install Windows 7, will not boot the installer simply enters the BIOS. Before doing anything of course I created the recovery USB. Which of course refuses to boot and it just enter...

Unable to wake up computer, rebooted and "Resuming Windows"

Hello, I have a custom-built PC using Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. After I come home at night or get up in the morning while leaving my computer on during the day or night (i.e., computer has been on and idle for ~8hrs), I find that the computer has entered some sort of sleep mode from which I cannot awaken it. I moved the mouse, pressed ev...

Microsoft Security Essentials (Built-In Windows 7 protection)

Hi, I can no longer find where to access the Security Essentials that is built in on Windows 7. I've tried searching on Google but it keeps claiming it needs to be installed when I know it's built-in as I used it a little over a month ago. Also is their any difference between the built in client and Microsoft Security Essentials. Thanks...

Blue screen when installing Windows 8 in UEFI mode

Hello! I own a Samsung R780 notebook with 08JA bios version, which has the UEFI Boot setting. The laptop comes with Windows 7 which I upgraded to Windows 8, but it was installed in BIOS mode, and I wanted to switch to UEFI. I tried to follow the instructions on the following website: Converting Windows BIOS installation to UEFI - TechNet...

BIOS not Fully acpi compliant

Guys! I have a Dell laptop with version A8 Bios and I was trying to Install a second os windows server'03 in it through bootable DVD.but on booting an blue screen with error flashed "Your Bios not Fully acpi compliant". Update your bios by contacting the system vendor.I though bios like firmware doesnot need any updates at all.More...

Can't access BIOS

I need to change my boot device dvd to removeble disk. But the problem is in my laptop keyboard f9 f10 f11 these keys are not working. Is there any other way to access bios? Thank you in advance.

Can't get into bios

Suddenly I am not able to get into BIOS, the screen shows to press F2 but that doesn't seem to work. Is there another way to access bios? I just added a HDD and want to get it set up.

Zt Systems Bios access

Can anyone tell me how to access my computers bios? I have tried F1, F2, F12, ESC and Delete and nothing works.

Windows 8 administrator disaster

I need help. I have recently down loaded Windows 8 to my PC. I previously was running Vista. All was ok until the apps would not work because of the built in Administrator. I had a look on line and disabled the built in administrator. BIG Mistake. I did not have an administrator password set up. I now can not access any of my old files/ph...

AMD Radeon HD 6800 Graphics not showing BIOS

So i built my first computer and i opted for a amd aradeon 6800 graphics card. The problem is (which i havent noticed till now, almost a year after it was built) is that it doesnt show bios. My monitor is in sleep mode till windows 7 boots. everything is running fine but i cant get into the bios. Ive already tried holding down and repeate...

Win 7 64bit wake up problem

Just built a new custom with the following intel dz77ga-70k p-i7 3.4 16g ram amd radeon 7770 vid card 2-1tb western dig black drive 550w pc cooling and power supply windows 7 64bit microsoft 5000 usb keyboard and mouse here is the problem no matter what the settings are this computer will not wake up i have to shut it and restart. I have...

Downgrade from Windows 8 to 7

I have a gaming pc that was custom built by a friend. It has windows 8 pro and I have just about had enough with windows 8. I have used the start menu download etc but I do prefer windows 7. Is it easy to install windows 7 from a cd. If so do I need to install drivers etc again?? In detail would be GREAT! Thanks!...

Solved: Sony Windows 8 Refresh Caused Access Denied Error on C:\

Sony Windows 8 Refresh Caused Access Denied Error on C:\ I am creating this post as I found no working solution using Google. First some background: I was working with a customer machine infected with the FBI (Money Pack) virus. The computer was a Sony AIO with Windows 8, UEFI, and GPT. I was unable to run any programs in normal mode. I w...

How to get to the BIOS from Windows 7

My computer is booting way too fast for me to get to the BIOS setup by hitting the F2 key. Is there a Utility like MSI's Fast boot that has "Go to Bios" in Windows 7 Related Forum Threads Пасхальные взрывы SSD going so fast you can't get to the BIOS in Win7? Z77 Extreme6 - Keyboard drops in and out of functionality following UEFI upgrade...

i7 2600k multiplier stuck?

I have been running my i7 2600k (on an asus p8z77-v pro) at 45x for quite a while, and today I decided to try increasing it a bit. So I first started with just 46x, boot into windows and it still is running at 45. I check the bios again, definitely says 46, reboot to windows again and its still telling me 45. A bit confused by it so I set...

windows 8 reinstall bios key

hi my pc come with windows 8 on it..i desided to go to windows seven again so did a fresh install.now i have desied go back to windows 8 only problem is i found no key!.so i read up that windows 8 key is in the bios.so i read up what windows it comes with and all it sez is windows 8.so what disk do i need for a reinstall i did a aio windo...

Asus n56v laptop turns on but screen is black

i recently installed windows 7 on my asus that had windows 8. it installed fine but had this disk i/o error everytime i start up and id proceed to the windows 7 screen. i went into the bios and tried to se if i could fix it. i loaded set up defaults and now the screen wont turn on but everything else runs on the asus. p.s it had a uefi bi...

Struggiling to see SATA drives on SAS GA-x79s-up5-wifi

Hi, I have installed windows8 64bit on my new ga-x79s-up5-wifi board but all of the drives that are connected to the sas ports are not being seen and windows needs a driver for a sas controller but I'm unable to find it. Does anyone know how I am supposed to install these ports to use sata and which drivers I am to use? Thanks Flo Rel...

How to access custom fields of a page in the theme template

I'd like to use custom fields to display some page specific strings in the theme. I have created a custom field "intro" of type Textbox. How do I access the data in the theme template (velocity)? As there is no "introspection" which variables are declared, I find it very difficult to figure out how to access them. The documentation is far...

Motherboard FM2A85X-ITX BIOS v1.2 and Samsung HD154UI harddrive

I have a FM2A85X-ITX motherboard, everything is working fine, but whenever I try to boot with any Samsung HD154UI drives plugged in(to either the onboard or an add on sata controller) the machine will not get past its initial BIOS image display, The drives are working fine on other machines. Anyone know what is going on here, so many prob...

Strange 304.79 issue in both Win7 x64 and Win8 pro x64 RTM

Hello all, just built a new machine, following specs: Intel D77GA70K mobo visual bios with UEFI 32GB's DDR3 Corsair Venegance DDR3 1600mhz RAM Intel I7 3730k IB - not overclocked Samsung 830 SSD 256GB (2x )Western Digital 6bps 1TB HDD (2x ) EVGA GTX680 2GB in SLI SATA bluray/dvd burner Coolermaster Cosmos II Corsair H100 Cpu closed coolin...

disabling secure boot in BIOS for Windows 8 - is it OK?

I have preinstalled Windows 8 on laptop (Toshiba P870) with secure boot enabled. Will it still boot if I disable secure boot in BIOS? I have 2 HDD - Windows 8 installed on first drive. When I install linux on second drive - I have authentication error booting it. Wil Windows 8 boot OK if I disable secure boot in BIOS?...

Why does my WiX Custom action throw a System.IO.FileNotFoundException?

I am using Visual Studio 2010, with the Votive addin on Windows 7, .net4, and the latest WiX 3.7 to create an msi. The install is quite complex, and works fine when I test it on my pc. During the install, I run some custom actions. One of those custom actions needs an external SQLite dll for database access that is only required by the cu...

Windows 8 Pro não obedece sequencia de boot

Prezados Srs: Estou com problema que quando eu entro no HD do windows 8 PRO via tecla F8 uso o mesmo e depois de desligar , quando tento entrar no HD principal que esta com boot prioritário na BIOS o mesmo não deixar entrar e ele o windows 8 pro é que entra no lugar. Possuo 4 HDs no meu PC. 1 - HD WD 750GB Windows 7 Ultimate com boot prin...

Custom email connection problem

Hi I have a problem regard to custom email problem: Yesterday I brought a domain name. After I setup the custom email there a problem, I unable to access to my mailbox but instead redirect me to invalid forum URL page. My domain name is tprocenter.net For my default forum URL is theprocenter.forumms.net Please fix this ASAP, thank you.

Dolphin is unable to access my Windows Workgroup

I am not able to access my windows workgoup with Dolphin. I can however with Nautilus.:confused: I think everything is set up correctly since I am able to print from the printer on the Vista machine and I can access all the shared files with Nautilus. But when I try to with Dolphin it will only show me the workgroup under Samba Shares. Wh...