Windows 10: Cannot access Bios or Boot Menu during startup

At the time, no I was not able to get to the logon screen at all. I kept getting a message telling me to insert or connect a bootable device, but even my rescue disk would not boot. Again, I had to find the "0" SATA socket and manually connect my SSD drive to it. All is well now that I did this, but I would still like to get into my Bios (like I used to be able to do) after a failed boot. I'm able to see a Gigabyte window telling me to press the "delete" key to enter the Bios or the "F12" key to get into the boot order menu, but pressing these keys on my keyboard no longer work during the initial boot process.

 

Instead of booting into Recovery. Try the command below, it should boot straight into UEFI Firmware:
shutdown /r /fw /t 00

 

Do you have a UEFI installation?

 

Yes! Saying I want to enter the Bios is technically incorrect, but even Gigabyte calls it the Bios.

 

That's a neat shortcut!

 

Yes sir, I got that part, I say the same thing.

 

Hi,

Is your USB keyboard activated at POST ? If it isn't quickly pull the USB connector then reconnect it and try tapping DEL or F12.

Cheers, *Wink

 

Now that you got your ssd attached to sata port "0".
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Here's the reply from Tom's Hardware's main motherboard reviewer Tom Soderstrom, via email this morning: "Hammering the delete key at startup usually still works. Most boards have a 1-3 second delay for this built in, but you often don’t see it because modern monitors take up to 3 seconds to go active. Even without the delay, if you’re tapping fast enough you can usually get lucky within the 30 milliseconds or so it takes to hand off to the OS *Biggrin"
Hope that works for you. It's new and possibly welcome information to me.
Best wishes,
--Ed--

 

Yes, and again, my Gigabyte motherboard is "smart" enough to allow you several additional seconds along with a window that allows the user to enter the bios if you use the reset button built into the case. I had a cheap ASUS motherboard installed and it worked fine but was much slower booting up, and opening up programs within Windows 10.