Hello potential answer givers! I have a hobbled together with spare parts at the local computer store kind of computer. I was using Windows 10 and I wanted to create a partition to dual boot to Linux. I installed it on the partition and went to the BIOS to change the boot order. Nothing I pushed would get me into the BIOS. I tried every key and combination for any board I could find. The real one is F2 but didn't work. Then, on one of the tries to get into the BIOS it just shut down. I rebooted it and it wouldn't boot, over and over again. After a hard boot the machine booted up...to the Linux partition. I can't seem to get back to the Windows partition.
So now I'm stuck on the Linux portion and can't get back to my main operating system. I've tried everything I could think of and then read somewhere that this motherboard has a locked BIOS. The motherboard was probably in a Dell I think. I pulled the CMOS in hopes it would reset the BIOS but it still boots only to the Linux partition.
So if anyone has an idea to get into the BIOS I'd love to hear it. I've obviously corrupted it in some way. Barring that I assume I need a new motherboard. No problem with that except I can't seem to find one that will go with my chip and ram that isn't a refurbished board from an unknown Chinese merchant. I'd be happy to just move those to a different but compatible board but that's proved difficult because it seems DDR3 has gone the way of the dodo bird. Everything else seems to be working just fine. Help?
Specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte technology cs Z77x-3H This comes with an unlocked BIOS but it was closed by retailer.
Chip: Intel Core i7-3770 @3.4Gz. Sits in a LGA1155 socket.
RAM: (2x) DIMM DDR3 SYNCHRONOUS 1333 (0.8ns)
BIOS: F16
Hard drives:
KINGSTON SA400S37 (SSD)
SEAGATE ST1000DM010-2EP102
ADATA SU650 (SSD) It's booting from this drive
Maybe if I the edit the partitions?
So now I'm stuck on the Linux portion and can't get back to my main operating system. I've tried everything I could think of and then read somewhere that this motherboard has a locked BIOS. The motherboard was probably in a Dell I think. I pulled the CMOS in hopes it would reset the BIOS but it still boots only to the Linux partition.
So if anyone has an idea to get into the BIOS I'd love to hear it. I've obviously corrupted it in some way. Barring that I assume I need a new motherboard. No problem with that except I can't seem to find one that will go with my chip and ram that isn't a refurbished board from an unknown Chinese merchant. I'd be happy to just move those to a different but compatible board but that's proved difficult because it seems DDR3 has gone the way of the dodo bird. Everything else seems to be working just fine. Help?
Specs:
Mobo: Gigabyte technology cs Z77x-3H This comes with an unlocked BIOS but it was closed by retailer.
Chip: Intel Core i7-3770 @3.4Gz. Sits in a LGA1155 socket.
RAM: (2x) DIMM DDR3 SYNCHRONOUS 1333 (0.8ns)
BIOS: F16
Hard drives:
KINGSTON SA400S37 (SSD)
SEAGATE ST1000DM010-2EP102
ADATA SU650 (SSD) It's booting from this drive
Maybe if I the edit the partitions?
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