Access BIOS without VGA

[nkds255]

To my experience the only feed that motherboard submits before reaching operating system is VGA signal.

But crazily enough my pre-built doesn't feature VGA.

 

VGA: None

DVI-I: None

DVI-D: 1

HDMI: 1

Mini DisplayPort: 0

DisplayPort: 1

 

It has Windows 10 installed but I want to be master of my computer. I'm afraid that if I put new SSD in it, I won't be able to install new OS and there might be some crazy locker that once you take out HDD, it won't reboot the same system, issue I could resolve easily with VGA output.

 

Any ideas on how to approach this? I want to put in new SSD, perform Linux and Windows installation.

[NunoLava1998]

I honestly have no idea why outputs other than VGA wouldn't work.

I can access my BIOS perfectly fine with DVI-D, VGA and HDMI..

[nkds255]

Just now, NunoLava1998 said:

I honestly have no idea why outputs other than VGA wouldn't work.

I can access my BIOS perfectly fine with DVI-D, VGA and HDMI..

I literally have HDMI cable that doesn't do crap. It goes for Windows instead.

[NunoLava1998]

Just now, nkds255 said:

I literally have HDMI cable that doesn't do crap. It goes for Windows instead.

That's weird.

Try DVI and make sure to mash the living hell out of the BIOS key.

[Electronics Wizardy]

1 minute ago, nkds255 said:

I literally have HDMI cable that doesn't do crap. It goes for Windows instead.

what if you select the go into the bios next reboot option in windows?

[Mr Technician]

6 minutes ago, nkds255 said:

To my experience the only feed that motherboard submits before reaching operating system is VGA signal.

But crazily enough my pre-built doesn't feature VGA.

 

VGA: None

DVI-I: None

DVI-D: 1

HDMI: 1

Mini DisplayPort: 0

DisplayPort: 1

 

It has Windows 10 installed but I want to be master of my computer. I'm afraid that if I put new SSD in it, I won't be able to install new OS and there might be some crazy locker that once you take out HDD, it won't reboot the same system, issue I could resolve easily with VGA output.

 

Any ideas on how to approach this? I want to put in new SSD, perform Linux and Windows installation.

You can access bios on any monitor connected with any cable. The VGA part is the resolution it runs at (480p I think).

[jj9987]

25 minutes ago, nkds255 said:

I literally have HDMI cable that doesn't do crap. It goes for Windows instead.

Your computer likely has fast boot enabled, which makes accessing BIOS much harder as the time period to press the F2/Del/whatever button is very tiny.

 

It doesn't make sense that BIOS would only work over VGA. I have never heard of a board that would impose such limitation because it doesn't make any sense.