Windows 10: No longer receive boot screen from BIOS after updating BIOS to latest ver.

I was about 3 releases behind and trying to solve latency issues so I updated to:

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 3802, 3/15/2018


Now, I no longer see anything but a blank screen until I get to the boot drive selection screen, then after 20 mins. I get to the logon prompt.


Has anyone else experienced this? I wasn't even sure what category to file this under.

I have tried all the regular keys to enter the BIOS with no input accepted and used a cabled USB keyboard.


I have exported my System Information here as a txt on OneDrive.

https://1drv.ms/t/s!AvHeoCK1g693suMGS5aG3u1t5-dapQ?e=HnDaxL


System Information report written at: 11/20/20 20:34:51

System Name: ASUSZ170

[System Summary]


Item Value

OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Pro

Version 10.0.19042 Build 19042

Other OS Description Not Available

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name ASUSZ170

System Manufacturer System manufacturer

System Model System Product Name

System Type x64-based PC

System SKU SKU

Processor IntelR CoreTM i5-6600K CPU @ 3.50GHz, 3504 Mhz, 4 Cores, 4 Logical Processors

BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 3802, 3/15/2018

SMBIOS Version 3.0

Embedded Controller Version 255.255

BIOS Mode UEFI

BaseBoard Manufacturer ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.

BaseBoard Product Z170-A

BaseBoard Version Rev 1.xx

Platform Role Desktop

Secure Boot State Off

PCR7 Configuration Binding Not Possible

Windows Directory C:\Windows

System Directory C:\Windows\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume6

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.488"

User Name ASUSZ170\sysop

Time Zone Eastern Standard Time

Installed Physical Memory RAM 16.0 GB

Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB

Available Physical Memory 8.51 GB

Total Virtual Memory 26.4 GB

Available Virtual Memory 13.4 GB

Page File Space 10.5 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Kernel DMA Protection Off

Virtualization-based security Not enabled

Device Encryption Support Reasons for failed automatic device encryption: TPM is not usable, PCR7 binding is not supported, Hardware Security Test Interface failed and device is not Modern Standby, Un-allowed DMA capable bus/devices detected, TPM is not usable

Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes

Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes

Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes

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