[SOLVED] Can't Access Bios - Please help!

[qiTsuk]

Not sure if this is the right forum page, but I will try my luck:

So usually I am pretty good with computers, but I recently bought an AIO, with a touch display. The idea was to buy it, load Android_x86 on it, and install in my kids room, so he didn't have to commandeer my phone all the time.

I boot it up, go into Win10, no issues. Shut it down, entered BIOS and changed default boot order, so I could boot from my flash drive. So far, so good. I get Android_x86 installed and boot into it, tons of errors. So I am thinking, I may as well just throw Win10 back on there and teach the kid how to use it (he's almost 3, should be able to figure out!).

So, I reboot, but now, there is no longer power to the keyboard, so I can't enter the BIOS. The USB's don't become powered until booted into the system. I read somewhere, that you could hold down the power button on certain intel socket MB's and it would reset, but that just power cycles the machine. So anyone have any ideas on what to do next?

The computer in question, is a somewhat old Medion All-In-One PC with a touch display.

Any help would be greatly appreciated, as I currently only have a brick.

 

[helpstar]

Which Medion model is it? Should be labeled on the back

 

[qiTsuk]

Which Medion model is it? Should be labeled on the back

I will check on that when I get home and get back to you. But someone else suggested that I try to pry the thing open and remove the CMOS battery. That maybe a CMOS reset will force the USB's back on.

 

[helpstar]

a cmos reset can help
does this AIO have USB3 and USB2 ports? Try the keyboard in an USB2 port (not a blue one)

eventually a PS/2 port for "older" keyboards?

 

[qiTsuk]

Try the keyboard in an USB2 port (not a blue one)

I will try that. I am actually not sure. I am not sitting with it right now, so I can't really be sure of anything, but I will check when I get home and let you know.

 

[qiTsuk]

So turns out the CMOS battery did the trick. I pulled it out, and left it out for like 10 minutes. When I put it back in and booted, the thing went into recovery mode, and reverted to factory settings (Windows 8, uck). So now I am installing Windows 10 again. Thanks for the help though.