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    Lifebook a532 Bios Issue

    Discussion in 'Fujitsu' started by pa67, Apr 9, 2014.

  1. pa67

    pa67 Newbie

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    I have an used a532 laptop, with a very strange bios issue. It's like that the boot part is missing. I don't have the possibility to boot from hdd, dvd or usb. In the bios' boot priority order I can't choose to boot from hdd, dvd or something else(Figure n.1). Then I strike F12 key I return to the same menu where I can do nothing (figure n.2) .The laptop's previous owner claims he messed with Easybcd but I don't know for certain.


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    pa67, Apr 9, 2014
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    KLF NBR Super Modernator Super Moderator

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    Put in supervisor password, disable secure boot and enable CSM.
    Then you can change boot sequence.
     
    KLF, Apr 9, 2014
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    Thanks, I can put in the supervisor password, but in the bios' advanced menu I don't have the secure boot options.
     
    pa67, Apr 10, 2014
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    hirobo2 Notebook Consultant

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    Very weird. What's the reason why it showed BIOS setup twice?
     
    hirobo2, Apr 11, 2014
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    Weird indeed. I don't know why. I tryed to make a crisis recovery usb floppy but I discovered it's working only if the laptop is able to read the floppy, USB or CD-ROM on boot up. So the only way it's buy a bios chip and solder it instead the faulty one. This isn't a problem because I have soldering skill but I don't know, for sure, where is located the bios chip. There are two winbond chip near the memory slots but which is the right one?
     
    pa67, Apr 12, 2014
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