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NP530U3C entering bios

Discussion in 'Samsung' started by MeGuinness, Oct 7, 2014.

MeGuinness Notebook Enthusiast

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I'm trying to enter the BIOS on the Sammy NP530U3C with no luck, I press the F2 wile restarting but it will only take me to the windows boot manager.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you

MeGuinness, Oct 7, 2014

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It seems no one has any idea ......

MeGuinness, Oct 8, 2014

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John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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Are you holding down the F2 key? I find that tapping it about twice per second starting immediately after booting usually works?

John

John Ratsey, Oct 8, 2014

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If this is Windows 8, you can use the Advanced Startup options to enter the Firmware Settings page. It's somewhere in the Charms-Settings-PC Settings-General area. A little different between Win8 and 8.1.

Also, Win8.x doesn't perform a full Power On Self-Test (POST) after Shutdown, making it very difficult to catch that F2. Temporarily disabling Fast Startup in the Power control panel ("choose what the buttons do") will give you more time to catch F2.

And as John said, tap F2 2-3 times per second, don't hold it.

Dannemand, Oct 8, 2014

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