11-26-2012
06:50 PM
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06:39 PM
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11-26-2012 08:32 PM
11-26-2012 09:03 PM
11-26-2012 11:41 PM
11-27-2012 06:51 AM
12-06-2012 12:39 PM
kwaclaw wrote:
Thanks for all the advice.
The restart into BIOS from the OS works, but is essentially the same as my own solution - it requires a working OS.
I tried the other 2 suggestions, holding F2 before power-on, and taking the battery out, but none of them worked for me.
I am inclined to believe that it is a BIOS issue, and hopefully the next BIOS version will resolve it.
Is anyone else running BIOS v221?
12-06-2012 01:03 PM
timppu wrote:
Ok I replied to another similar thread too, but now I seem to have the same problem too. I just can't get to BIOS setup anymore with F2, even if holding it down while powering on the PC.
It used to work with BIOS 221 (with Win7), but after I also installed Win8 Pro on the secondary drive... now I can't anymore. It is as if Win8 somehow blocks me from doing that?
And yeah, I have actually shut down the PC, not just put Win8 to sleep or hibernated it. I can see the ASUS logo when I power up.
12-06-2012 03:10 PM
BNaughty wrote:
Reload the BIOS using USB method
12-06-2012 03:13 PM
timppu wrote:
I'm unsure what is the "USB method", but I presume you are suggesting downgrading the BIOS back to some older version, right?
I actually found a way to get to BIOS setup from Win8, and it was the trick of performing the shutdown/restart from the charms menu:
setting => change pc settings => general => to the very bottom of the list
Only if I perform the Win8 shutdown from there, then my F2 or Esc key presses are recognized during the boot, even though I get the ASUS splash screen even without...
If I perform restart/shutdown from the Win7, then there are no such problems. So to me it seems some kind of quirk on Windows 8, ie. some of its shutdown options somehow suppress entering the BIOS setup. I don't know if this happens only with BIOS 221, or also older ones.
12-06-2012 07:01 PM