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I don't know if its a bug or this is how windows 11 is, I just can't access my bios nor the advanced startup, if I boot the computer and spam the BIOS MODE (delete key) it just goes into a black screen and nothing happens it just stays black as long as I keep it running same thing happens with trying to go into advanced startup after it restarts same thing happens black screen and nothing else no cursor nothing even the monitor goes into power saving mode.
I checked everything from cables to bios updates and nothing
plus it was completely working on windows 10 I can go to advanced startup no problem BIOS no problem
after updating to windows 11 it just doesn't work at all.
also a note that when I boot the computer or press the power button it stays black for 3-5 seconds and then instantly loads windows I don't see the motherboard logo or the modes I can go to before it starts loading windows.
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I found my solution so it's probably not the same for everyone, I needed to clean my computer so I blew it out with compressed air, when I got it hooked back up is when the problems started, to make a long story short, I connected my HDMI monitor cable to the motherboard and not the graphics card. I realized my mistake and re-connected to the video card and now I can access the BIOS. Maybe this solution can help someone.
I encountered the same issue and managed to access the BIOS by plugging my HDMI into a TV rather than a monitor. Since this isn't a practical long-term solution, I did a bit more digging.
I noticed that disabling Secure Boot and enabling CSM support in the BIOS settings fixed the issue for the monitor, but I wanted Secure Boot enabled for Windows 11. Eventually I found that switching my PCIe setting in the BIOS from Auto to 3.0 allowed me to see the BIOS and motherboard logo even with Secure Boot enabled.
For me, the actual cause of this issue was disabling CSM to turn on Secure Boot rather than anything with Windows 11 itself—though I think a lot of people do this step while upgrading. Luckily I was able to work around this by changing the PCIe setting.
Hope this is able to help others.
I had the same problem but was able to fix it.
Step 1, Change the monitor refresh rate to 60Hz.
Step 2, Turn off the fast start-up in the power option (google for instructions)
Step 3, Use HDMI or DP to connect to the motherboard, not the GPU(I used DP)
Step 4, I had my PS5 turned on and connected to the HDMI port of the monitor(IDK PS5 help or not, maybe you can just turn off the monitor). When I reset the PC, the monitor switched to HDMI. While the PC was resetting, I smashed F2 and DEL. I switched back to DP after 10 or 15 seconds and voila, it worked!!!
[Solved]
Issue: Unable to open BIOS or Advanced Start-up options. Presented with a black screen instead.
After days of looking for solutions, I think I've fixed the issue for myself. The problem for me was with the refresh rate of my display.
Setup:
Keyboard/Mouse lights indicated that the issue was with the display and not the actual boot screens.
Fix: I reset the resolution to default and refresh rate to 60Hz in both Windows Display Settings and Nvidia Graphics controller. Then restarted the PC into Advanced Startup options (Shift + Restart).
Voila! The resolution/Refresh Rate was the problem. I now manually change my resolution/Refresh rate if I need to access BIOS/Advanced Startup Options which is not often.
Hope this helps a lot of unanswered questions. HMU if you need any extra help.
Reseding cmos battery helped me (taking it out and puting it back in)
