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    P-7811 - Unable to access BIOS

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by Der_Idiot, Sep 13, 2009.

  1. Der_Idiot

    Der_Idiot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello guys, been a little while since I've last posted :p

    Anyway, I have been having some issues over the last few days, it started with vista loading -REALLY- slowly, this happened all-of-a-sudden, so I suspected my RAID was at fault. I backed up what I could, broke the raid up using the ctrl-i command and changing the settings. I installed Windows 7 out of curiosity and now I get 'Disk Error, press any key to reboot' when I try to load the fresh install. If I try to install 7 again, I get an error saying it's not a bootable disk.

    I tried entering the bios, and this is where the fun begins. I get a single beep (like what you get when you hammer keys during bios boot) and never loads to bios after hitting F2.

    Any ideas? I'm hitting a brick wall here :(
     
    Der_Idiot, Sep 13, 2009
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  2. TANWare

    TANWare Just This Side of Senile, I think. Super Moderator

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    did you try F10?
     
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    Yes I did, it works. It's just so frustrating to not be able to enter the bios :(
     
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    but from there you can't enter bios?
     
    TANWare, Sep 13, 2009
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    Correct, just get a beep and the laptop continues as if nothing had happened.
     
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    I'm not sure what you said here?

    Maybe you are not reading Tanware correctly. My F2 does not work for BIOS access either. But F10, which is the muli-boot screen, offers an option on the bottom to get into the bios. It says "enter setup." That is how I have to access the bios.
     
    Syngensmyth, Sep 13, 2009
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    F2 just beeps, f10 opens the 'boot from' dialogue.
     
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    F10 opens the boot from dialog but there is also an option there to get to bios............
     
    TANWare, Sep 13, 2009
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