[The issue is accessing the BIOS?]
[The issue is accessing the BIOS?]
I'm new here and not amazingly knowledgeable about computers, so i'm sorry if this is in the wrong area.
So this is a multitude of problems and i'm just trying to solve it one by one at this point. It all started with me trying to Clone a Toshiba 1TB hard drive to a Western Digital Blue 1TB SSD using Acronis. Acronis requires a restart that will then boot it into its own settings I assume, and begin the cloning process. Problem is, after the restart, it doesn't boot. My Case's LED indicates the computer is on, however nothing happens even after a good 5 minutes. Also, my computers monitor will always be waiting for my computer, indicated by a yellow LED. It will change to blue if something posts. During this time it remained yellow. After many restarts, and some minor method changes, same story.
Then, I tried booting from a USB with Acronis Recovery on it and no luck as well. At this point, i'm questioning if my computer boots properly. I begin trying to access the BIOS through F1, F2, F8, F10, and the suggested DEL key commands on boot, nothing. Many times my computer would actually just not boot at all and be on without doing anything if I tried this like before. Then I came across a method that says you can access BIOS by holding SHIFT while restarting. I got into the Windows 8-esque menu, and looked for the UEFI option that is supposedly on most computers, and nothing.
Long story short, at this point i'm not even sure if my computer has BIOS functionality anymore, as weird as that sounds. And it's driving me nuts because i've accessed BIOS before on this computer to make sure new components functioned properly. Google searches don't seem to be doing me any good, Youtube's not helping, Acronis forums have similar but not the same problems, and now i'm hoping to get an inkling of an idea here.
Any kind of info will help at this point.
My motherboard is a Gigabyte Z77-HD3.
The system cannot start, it enters the Windows 8 escape menu but does not boot, or both. Is the issue related to starting Windows, accessing the BIOS menu, or both? Also, haven’t you specified what actions were taken on your disks? Was the old HDD fully removed? Did Acronis display any error messages? Have you attempted to boot from the old drive? Were there problems during the Windows installation prior to the cloning process?
Sorry for the conflicting info. I'll try and specify. The main issue is I can't reach the BIOS. I managed to clone the drive, so that part can be ignored. (It worked in the background but didn't show any screen details after restarting)
Attempting to open BIOS via function keys seems to cause a bad boot—meaning it starts up but no display appears on the monitor.
Putting the power button down right now leads to an instant shutdown. It's not clear if this is specific to my system or common.
It doesn't look like there are any problems with Windows 10.
The escape menu doesn't include a UEFI Firmware Settings option.
This is something to consider, though: could it be related to integrated graphics and the graphics card? I'm uncertain why this would happen, but I saw a video suggesting Acronis dislikes multi-monitor settings and won't show info when enabled. Either way, I'm facing difficulties accessing BIOS, Acronis or not.
I think we wait about the cloning process (Haven't used Acronis, I personally trust Clonezilla for this kind of job). Reason is that if there is a problem with MB or RAM, that could potentially make other programs to fail - so we don't spend time on a software before we know what's up with hardware.
Personally I haven't heard about a GPU that causes that kind og problems with the system. But rare issues cann't be ruled out like that, just saying I haven't heard of before.
Need you to answer this in order to proceed :
Do the bios allow you to enter boot menu (the menu that offer you to manually select boot media)
And this
:
When running WIndows - Do you experience any odd behaviour from the computer? Do it work fine when running games and other CPU/GPU intensive tasks ?
And this:
Are you running the CLONED copy of the harddrive, or are you still running (booting from) the original harddrive?
Here is the thing I would like you to do (test procedure)
:
- If the computer is able to boot from a CD/DVD drive, I want you to go get Memtest86+, either from the
Memtest86+ official website
or from the
UBCD toolkit
. I recommend the latter because it contains many usefull tools to check other hardware as well. After that, have Memtest to run overnight and see if it outputs any error.
I didn't realize I missed this discussion. The issue was I couldn't reach the BIOS after restarting. It was surprising that the display went to my second monitor, which was off, and the BIOS itself worked properly.