Can't access bios or advanced startup on windows 11

Anonymous
2022-06-15T05:28:41+00:00

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.

Windows for home | Windows 11 | Recovery and backup

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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-20T21:20:45+00:00

    warning~ Homemade english

    let me walk u through this.

    im trying to set up the Wake on lan so i have to set smth at the bios

    1. upgrade to win 11, no motherboard logo can be seen when starting desktop, no screen when entered the recovery mode
    2. came to this thread
    3. tried the fps limit way= didnt work
    4. tried to limit the resolution from 2K down to 1080x1920= didnt work
    5. tried all bunch of stuffs , turn off screen bla bla bla (Dont have an hdmi cable So.... gotta findd anotherr way out)
    6. my final way to sneak into the bios is to unplug and pull out the motherboard battery So i can somehow get in once( the black screen will happend after this procedure, so its a one time thing.)

    Solvedd : google search this problem in chinese

    a dude said i ahve to set my bios to csm instead of uefi and download the nvidia DP upadted thingy https://sspai.com/post/73825https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/nv-uefi-update-x64/ Just google : NVIDIA Graphics Firmware Update Tool for DisplayPort 1.3 and 1.4 Displays

    downloaded that thing and it just came back, the motherrboard logo, recovery mode, no more blackscreen

    however after i downloaded it , it shows ddownload fail but it still fix the bios thing... idk it worth take a shot tho

    Notice: my monitor will keep change the default input when booting to recovery mode.(tunedd to DP, reboot, auto selected to HDMI)

    IDK why and make surre u check ur screen when fixing it. Maybe it is just a input problem.

    Only for nvidida GPU user and Desktop pc user. Good luck forr others <3

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  2. Anonymous
    2022-12-03T00:54:15+00:00

    I finally got this to work, so I hope everyone from this thread can see this and it helps you.

    What eventually ended up working was turning my monitor and system refresh rate to 60hz. I did not just change it in the nvidia controller but the settings in the monitor itself as well.

    My goal was just to get into safe mode.

    When I had it at 240hz I would do the hold shift and restart to get to advanced boot options, but after I hit restart it would restart into a black screen and eventually shut down.

    This was after doing all windows, Intel, and bios updates.

    I suppose this safe mode cannot operate at high refresh rates, so it just fails outright.

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  3. Anonymous
    2022-10-18T14:47:17+00:00

    Same issue here - Windows 11 - reboot, hit DEL to enter BIOS as I have always been able to do and now the screen just goes black and nothing happens at all. Tried all the "fixes" suggested here and nothing works. So frustrating and seemingly no solution. C.mon Microsoft work this one out please??

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  4. Anonymous
    2022-09-27T01:10:06+00:00

    In my case the monitor simply couldn't handle the UEFI resolution for whatever reason. Using a larger monitor got me in to recovery every time.

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  5. Anonymous
    2022-11-20T11:12:34+00:00

    If your monitor is a 60% keyboard, hit fn + delete, that worked for me. Cause backspace and delete are not the same key.

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