Solved Cannot boot into UEFI

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joao

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Hi there,

i cannot seem to enter in the UEFI bios of my PC. I am using a mechanical keyboard and tried with a regular DELL keyboard.
The BIOS screen goes so fast that both the keyboard do not load on time to press DEL or F2.
I don't see the settings to boot to UEFI in Windows 8.1 anymore...

Is there any other way to get in the UEFI BIOS.

Thanks in advance

Regards,
Joao
 

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Do you have an EFI partition listed in disk management? As a test try turning off Windows 8's Fast Startup, http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html Then shutdown and boot back up while pressing the key required to access your BIOS. Fast Startup puts the PC in a hybrid sleep mode when you shut down instead of a full shut down. A side effect is that it can make it hard to enter your BIOS on boot up.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
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    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
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    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
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alphanumeric said:
Do you have an EFI partition listed in disk management? As a test try turning off Windows 8's Fast Startup, http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html Then shutdown and boot back up while pressing the key required to access your BIOS. Fast Startup puts the PC in a hybrid sleep mode when you shut down instead of a full shut down. A side effect is that it can make it hard to enter your BIOS on boot up.
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hi and thanks for helping.

Here is a screenshot of the diskmanagement http://i.imgur.com/qE2Je0K.png
I have tried the fastboot, did not work because my keyboard is not on when turning on the PC... it only goes on when in windows login screen.

Thanks :)
 

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System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64b
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Own build
    CPU
    i5 2500K
    Motherboard
    Asrock p67 Extreme
    Memory
    8GB Corsair
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 6970 CFX 2GB
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    GoogleChrome
    Antivirus
    Bitfdefender
joao said:
alphanumeric said:
Do you have an EFI partition listed in disk management? As a test try turning off Windows 8's Fast Startup, http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html Then shutdown and boot back up while pressing the key required to access your BIOS. Fast Startup puts the PC in a hybrid sleep mode when you shut down instead of a full shut down. A side effect is that it can make it hard to enter your BIOS on boot up.
Click to expand...

hi and thanks for helping.

Here is a screenshot of the diskmanagement http://i.imgur.com/qE2Je0K.png
I have tried the fastboot, did not work because my keyboard is not on when turning on the PC... it only goes on when in windows login screen.

Thanks :)
Click to expand...

No EFI partition means Windows was not installed in UEFI mode, which is why the boot to UEFI settings option is missing. Either your PC doesn't have a UEFI BIOS or Windows was installed in Legacy mode.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
alphanumeric said:
joao said:
alphanumeric said:
Do you have an EFI partition listed in disk management? As a test try turning off Windows 8's Fast Startup, http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/6320-fast-startup-turn-off-windows-8-a.html Then shutdown and boot back up while pressing the key required to access your BIOS. Fast Startup puts the PC in a hybrid sleep mode when you shut down instead of a full shut down. A side effect is that it can make it hard to enter your BIOS on boot up.
Click to expand...

hi and thanks for helping.

Here is a screenshot of the diskmanagement http://i.imgur.com/qE2Je0K.png
I have tried the fastboot, did not work because my keyboard is not on when turning on the PC... it only goes on when in windows login screen.

Thanks :)
Click to expand...

No EFI partition means Windows was not installed in UEFI mode, which is why the boot to UEFI settings option is missing. Either your PC doesn't have a UEFI BIOS or Windows was installed in Legacy mode.
Click to expand...

Oh damn, ok, my mobo is UEFI. Do you recommend reinstalling my Windows 8.1? Is there another wat to change it from legacy to UEFI?

Thanks
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 64b
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Own build
    CPU
    i5 2500K
    Motherboard
    Asrock p67 Extreme
    Memory
    8GB Corsair
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 6970 CFX 2GB
    Browser
    GoogleChrome
    Antivirus
    Bitfdefender

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
alphanumeric said:
Doing a re-install is up to you. As far as I know you'll have to re-install to switch it to UEFI Mode. I'm not sure there is any benefit to doing it? If you haven't installed to many programs now is the time to do it though.
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorials/15458-uefi-bootable-usb-flash-drive-create-windows.html
http://www.eightforums.com/tutorial...e-firmware-interface-install-windows-8-a.html
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Thank you very much for helping. It's getting worse and worse now.

Do i need to CMOS my bios because the keyboard is not detected in the startup?... Do you have an solution?
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8 64b
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Own build
    CPU
    i5 2500K
    Motherboard
    Asrock p67 Extreme
    Memory
    8GB Corsair
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 6970 CFX 2GB
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    GoogleChrome
    Antivirus
    Bitfdefender
Thanks for the help all, the issue is resolved by reinstalling -.-.

Have a good weekend :)
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 8 64b
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Own build
    CPU
    i5 2500K
    Motherboard
    Asrock p67 Extreme
    Memory
    8GB Corsair
    Graphics Card(s)
    2x 6970 CFX 2GB
    Browser
    GoogleChrome
    Antivirus
    Bitfdefender
:thumb:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10 Education 64 Bit
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus
    CPU
    AMD Phenom II X4 980 Black Edition Deneb 3.7GHz
    Motherboard
    ASUS M4N68T-M V2 µATX Motherboard
    Memory
    8GB 4GBx2 Kingston PC10600 DDR3 1333 Memory
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Geforce GT640 2 Gig DDR3 PCIe
    Sound Card
    VIA VT1708s High Definition Audio 8-channel Onboard
    Monitor(s) Displays
    22" LG E2242 1080p and 2 19" I-INC AG191D
    Screen Resolution
    1280x1024 - 1920x1080 - 1280x1024
    Hard Drives
    Crucial MX100 256 GB SSD and 500 GB WD Blue SATA
    PSU
    Thermaltake TR 620
    Case
    Power Up Black ATX Mid-Tower Case
    Cooling
    Stock heatsink fan
    Keyboard
    Logitech Wireless K350 Wave
    Mouse
    Logitech M570 Trackball and T650 TouchPad
    Internet Speed
    80 Mbps Down 30 Mbps Up
    Browser
    Internet Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
    Other Info
    HP DVD1040e Lightscribe - External USB2
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