Why can't I access bios?

[jfelano]

I have been in my bios a hundred times, but for some reason now I can't get in.

On boot it says press F11 or Del to access bios. However it continues to boot to windows even if I hold down or continually press either of those buttons.

What is the deal?

Win 8.1
MSI Z87

 

[ayylamayo]

Turn off your computer. Then HOLD F11 while the computer is off. Then while holding F11, turn it on. It should then boot up into the bios.

 

[jfelano]

Husky, how do I disable fast boot in Windows?

Grrrr....can't figure it out, I thought that was a bios setting.

 

[jfelano]

Turn off your computer. Then HOLD F11 while the computer is off. Then while holding F11, turn it on. It should then boot up into the bios.

Nope.

 

[Burpo]

Unplug computer, remove cmos battery on motherboard, wait 1 min, re-insert battery, plug pc back in. Turn on, go to bios, adjust settings..

 

[jfelano]

Let us know if you fixed your problem.

No. I don't have any such icon for MSI. I've been through all the power settings and I can't find anything to do with fast boot, I'm pretty sure that setting was actually in the bios.

I'd like to avoid having to remove the cmos battery, but if I can't find another solution.....

This is bizarre, been building my own pc's since 1997 and can't get into my own bios. It's kind of embarrassing.

 

[Ketchup]

I believe you want to install Fast Boot, from the MSI site or your driver CD. It should give you the option to toggle it on and off from within Windows.

 

[jfelano]

Tried to install fast boot from MSI cd that came with my mobo, says "MSI Fastboot does not support this mainboard".

 

[Ketchup]

Tried to install fast boot from MSI cd that came with my mobo, says "MSI Fastboot does not support this mainboard".

Odd, but given that I would say that a BIOS reset is the best option if you really want to get in there.

 

[Burpo]

I'd like to avoid having to remove the cmos battery, but if I can't find another solution.....

The amount of time you've taken to read/answer these posts is far more than time it takes to remove battery & fix this.

 

[jfelano]

The amount of time you've taken to read/answer these posts is far more than time it takes to remove battery & fix this.

+ the time it takes to re-configure all my bios settings and overclock settings.

 

[jfelano]

Weird... Try downloading new version from MSI site for your board.

After the 3rd try it worked, and I was able to get into the bios from the program itself. Thanks for the help everyone.