I can't select anything in bios not able to select any options in it. Please help!

dcm2406

I am not able to select anything in the bios I can enter the bios by pressing F2 in my laptop but not able to select any options in it. Please help!

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Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/685599/i-cant-select-anything-in-bios

This can happen when one of the SSDs failed, or because of a bad PCIe socket connection. Try Ctrl+S (Sierra) in BIOS see if that helps, if not try to enter a password at the second last page in BIOS (you can delete/reset the password later). If still no go, turn off the laptop and open the back, if you have 2 SSDs or 1 HDD and 1 SSD, take out the storage SSD but NOT the boot drive with the Windows system on it. Find the CMOS coin battery at the lower right side of the main battery and open the cover/housing, flip out the coin battery with your nail or plastic card, wait a minute then put the coin battery back in the housing, same position, close the CMOS cover and close the laptop back. Plug in the adapter and press F2 while pressing also the power button, hopefully you will be able to change the BIOS settings. Put the SSD drive back later.

Leostat

If you head to the security tab, is there anything you can select? This normally happens if the password is set, or if the password option has been set but the password itself hasnt

William_mk2

@dcm2406

I am really sorry for the inconvenience..   Let us do the basic steps first..

Doing the power drain and bios defaults will really help.  Kindly follow the steps given below:

Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices or any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down.  On the bottom of the laptop, you can find a  pin hole. It is a tiny hole. You can a find a battery symbol indicator next to the hole. It is like a + and – sign symbol as though somebody is trying to shift the battery out. Insert the pin on to the hole for 30 seconds. Remove the pin. Flip the laptop. Connect the charger cable, turn on the computer.  Only on laptops where the battery is inbuilt you can find the battery reset hole on the back of laptop.

If you don’t find a pin hole on the back of laptop then you might be using removable battery. There is no need to unscrew anything to remove the battery.  Turn off the laptop. Disconnect or unplug the charger cable, devices and any other cables connected to your laptop. Close your laptop. Turn it upside down.  On the bottom of the laptop, please look at the top or bottom depending on the way you look at it. You can find a long door. It is a battery removable door.  Just below that you can find a latch.  If you move the latch you can remove the battery door. Once the battery is removed, flip the laptop. Open the top cover, press and hold the power button for 1 minute. Connect the battery back on the back of computer. Connect the charger cable back and then turn on the computer. 
 
If you don’t see a reset pin hole on the back of laptop or if you are not able to remove the battery (if it is inbuilt) then please unplug all the cables and devices out of laptop.   Hold the power button for 1 minute.  After releasing the button you should wait a while before plugging in power. Just because the button has been pressed doesn’t bleed off all the residual electricity on the motherboard. Wait 15-30 minutes before plugging in power. Then once power is connected wait for a full battery indication before turning the system on. That allows the battery to fully reset it’s internal statistics.

Connect all the cables back and restart the computer.  

While turning on the computer, tap f2. It will go to bios. Press f9 once. It will show load bios defaults with a yes or no popup. Press enter. Popup screen will disappear.  Press f10 once. It will show save changes popup with yes or no. Press enter. Computer will restart and it will load into windows.   

Now please go to bios and check.

 
 
It should work fine..