Need to access UEFI BIOS, can't get in anymore...
by jonrpick from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6M83X)
Hi all...
I have a very cheap Evolve III Maestro that I got as a toy/learning tool. My main laptop died a quick death the other day so this one is acting as my main until I fix or replace the other one.
In my attempt to get everything working, I was looking in BIOS. I noticed an option somewhere (AMI BIOS) to choose between different operating systems. It was set to Windows. I figured, why not change it to Linux, that maybe it would help the OS (Mint Cinnamon) detect the audio. Now whenever the laptop is powered on or reboots, I get a black screen until the Mint splash appears. My previous method of getting into BIOS (repeatedly hitting the ESC key) no longer works.
I tried this:
Code:systemctl reboot --firmware-setup...and it just shuts down to a black screen. Nothing else happened after several minutes. I hit the power button and was able to boot back into Mint, but I NEED to get back into BIOS to change the boot order, as right now it skips over USB and just boots straight from the built-in MMC.
Edit: It seems as though the command line option went...somewhere. Almost as if it went to BIOS, but the screen was turned off.
Any assistance whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
JP
I have a very cheap Evolve III Maestro that I got as a toy/learning tool. My main laptop died a quick death the other day so this one is acting as my main until I fix or replace the other one.
In my attempt to get everything working, I was looking in BIOS. I noticed an option somewhere (AMI BIOS) to choose between different operating systems. It was set to Windows. I figured, why not change it to Linux, that maybe it would help the OS (Mint Cinnamon) detect the audio. Now whenever the laptop is powered on or reboots, I get a black screen until the Mint splash appears. My previous method of getting into BIOS (repeatedly hitting the ESC key) no longer works.
I tried this:
Code:systemctl reboot --firmware-setup...and it just shuts down to a black screen. Nothing else happened after several minutes. I hit the power button and was able to boot back into Mint, but I NEED to get back into BIOS to change the boot order, as right now it skips over USB and just boots straight from the built-in MMC.
Edit: It seems as though the command line option went...somewhere. Almost as if it went to BIOS, but the screen was turned off.
Any assistance whatsoever would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
JP