Bios has unselectable options

[Dizzybadc]

I have an old motherboard. From forums I am pretty sure that the motherboard prevents the system from booting with certain graphics cards. People have said to enable legacy CSM and disable secure boot so I can start up my PC with my new GPU.

 

These settings in my bios are greyed out and I can’t select them. They are just skipped when I scroll. I set a supervisor password, but they did not unlock. Is there any way to edit these settings?

 

My bios also has no GPU relates settings for some reason so I can’t just try something else. My motherboard only has 20 or so settings.

[homeap5]

Some other option in BIOS, even in different place, must be related to that options.

[Dizzybadc]

You were right. I had to disable boot control.

[Crunchy Dragon]

What motherboard?

[Dizzybadc]

088Dt1.

 

I have another problem. I disabled secure boot and enabled csm like people have told me but I have no idea what to do.

 

It says “Reboot and select proper boot device or insert boot media in selected boot device and press a key”.

 

Also how would I switch back? I cannot access

the bios as this appears as soon as I start up.

[homeap5]

Do not enable CSM, just disable secure boot. If it works before without CSM, then it will works now without too. The only you need is to disable secure boot.

[Dizzybadc]

1 minute ago, homeap5 said:

Do not enable CSM, just disable secure boot. If it works before without CSM, then it will works now without too. The only you need is to disable secure boot.

I already did that. Read the last post. How do I fix the error? Did I break my system?

[homeap5]

No, I read last post. I wrote that you should DISABLE CSM. You didn't broke anything.

[Dizzybadc]

I enabled CSM though not disabled it. I fixed my error any way though. I unplugged my hard drive. I am now putting in my new GPU and seeing if it posts.

[homeap5]

CSM is needed if you need boot old operating system, or win10 in legacy mode etc. It's compatibility backward boot method for older operating systems and extension cards etc. If you're using win10, you're probably using modern UEFI boot, so no Compatibility Support Module is needed.

[Dizzybadc]

I am not sure if I should move this to the GPU section now. My pc posts now since the num lock turns on, but I get no signal to the monitor. My pc has integrated graphics too. I plugged in the old vga cable to my motherboard aswell as the hdmi cable to my new GPU but I get no signal, I get a signal again when I remove my new GPU.

 

Since my pc was prebuilt, the source may have been set to the integrated card. My friend told me I could change the source in my bios to look for multiple graphics cards. However, my bios has no such option.