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Computer boots fine, bios not so much

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JumBie

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Whenever I try to get into the bios this is what i see.
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Sometimes it displays a black background with grey boxes instead. The computer boots fine into windows, but I need to get into the bios to boot to a usb stick.
 
New issue or always been this way? What video connection are you using? Does onboard video do the same?
 
ketchup79 said:
New issue or always been this way? What video connection are you using? Does onboard video do the same?
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The screen on the laptop does not work, so I have it hooked up to a tv through HDMI. I am not sure if this has always been an issue as I have never tried to access the bios before. The laptop boots into the windows login screen but I forgot the password, so I need to enter the bios to boot from usb and reformat.
 
OK, gotcha. Good to know what computer we are talking about. I am not 100% sure about HDMI initialization at that level, but I think it should work. Can you try a standard VGA connection for comparison? It may depend on what the primary output setting in the BIOS is.

I don't know if you did a Google search (I did) but there are a lot a matching questions, few to none provided an answer that worked for the OP (although in many cases, as usual, the OP just disappears).
 
ketchup79 said:
OK, gotcha. Good to know what computer we are talking about. I am not 100% sure about HDMI initialization at that level, but I think it should work. Can you try a standard VGA connection for comparison? It may depend on what the primary output setting in the BIOS is.

I don't know if you did a Google search (I did) but there are a lot a matching questions, few to none provided an answer that worked for the OP (although in many cases, as usual, the OP just disappears).
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Yeah I did a google search and nothing seemed to work. The laptop model is HP HDX16. I am going to look for a vga cable right now.
 
ketchup79 said:
OK, gotcha. Good to know what computer we are talking about. I am not 100% sure about HDMI initialization at that level, but I think it should work. Can you try a standard VGA connection for comparison? It may depend on what the primary output setting in the BIOS is.

I don't know if you did a Google search (I did) but there are a lot a matching questions, few to none provided an answer that worked for the OP (although in many cases, as usual, the OP just disappears).
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I love you....I just stuck a vga cable in the bad boy. Post finally gave the message to hit esc for menu, i hit esc and entered the bios and it works perfectly! THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have been at this for 5 hours now, thank god i managed to find a brand new vga cable in my dresser.
 
JumBie said:
I love you....I just stuck a vga cable in the bad boy. Post finally gave the message to hit esc for menu, i hit esc and entered the bios and it works perfectly! THANK YOU SO MUCH. I have been at this for 5 hours now, thank god i managed to find a brand new vga cable in my dresser.
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Glad it worked!

You sound like me, never know where I will find a spare cable.
 
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