Question ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING (WI-FI) - Unable to enter BIOS

[Hamez23]

Hi,

PC boots up fine normally, however I need to access the BIOS in order to enable TPM. I have tried holding Delete / F2 / holding escape and these keys. Have also tried to do it via advanced restart (option where you alter UEFI settings, can't remember what it said exactly), but this just took me straight to login screen on restart.

Does anyone know how I could enter BIOS?

Rest of my system specs are:

CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7 GHz 6-Core Processor
Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING ATX AM4 Motherboard
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16 GB (2 x 8 GB) DDR4-3200 CL16 Memory
Storage: Western Digital Blue SN550 1 TB M.2-2280 NVME Solid State Drive
Storage: Seagate BarraCuda 1 TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive
Video Card: MSI GeForce RTX 3070 8 GB GAMING X TRIO Video Card (
Case: Corsair 275R Airflow ATX Mid Tower Case
Power Supply: Corsair RM (2019) 750 W 80+ Gold Certified Fully Modular ATX Power Supply

Thank you

 

[Lutfij]

If you're able to get into your OS GUI, press and hold down your shift key on the keyboard(right or left doesn't matter), then reboot the system. You should be able to see a blue background screen and the option to get into troubleshooting, to get into UEFI;
Troubleshoot > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware Settings > Restart.

If that doesn't work, you can try and clear your CMOS, then power up spamming the Del key on your motherboard keyboard.

 

[Hamez23]

If you're able to get into your OS GUI, press and hold down your shift key on the keyboard(right or left doesn't matter), then reboot the system. You should be able to see a blue background screen and the option to get into troubleshooting, to get into UEFI;
Troubleshoot > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware Settings > Restart.

If that doesn't work, you can try and clear your CMOS, then power up spamming the Del key on your motherboard keyboard.

Hey,

I've attempted the advanced options UEFI restart but it just takes me straight to login. With clearing my CMOS, I remember when I first got my PC I had to flash the bios (I think?) / do something else special to the BIOS to get it to work with my GPU (I think? - it was four years ago and my memory is a bit hazy lol). With clearing the CMOS, will I need to do this again?

Thanks

 

[Lutfij]

Yes.

 

[Hamez23]

Yes.

I see thanks, is there anyway to find out what it was I needed to do? I can't remember at all and am unsure what to search to find out

 

[Lutfij]

See if this helps you out;

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGpf_hfOKgI

 

[Hamez23]

See if this helps you out;

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGpf_hfOKgI

I don't think so, as I think it sounds like if I reset the CMOS battery, I'll need to have a USB with the correct stuff on it to flash the BIOS, but I'm honestly not sure. I'm a bit apprehensive to reset the CMOS without knowing if I'll need to flash the BIOS as I won't have any means to download the correct stuff if my PC doesnt turn on and work lol

 

[Lutfij]

Flashing your BIOS is one thing, clearing your CMOS is another, so what is it you're trying to accomplish? If you do need to flash the BIOS while your system is down for the count, you source(borrow, not buy) a laptop to have the BIOS file on said USB pen drive.

 

[Hamez23]

Flashing your BIOS is one thing, clearing your CMOS is another, so what is it you're trying to accomplish? If you do need to flash the BIOS while your system is down for the count, you source(borrow, not buy) a laptop to have the BIOS file on said USB pen drive.

Apologies I think I may have misunderstood what I need to do

When I built my PC, I had to flash the BIOS as the motherboard, Asus ROG STRIX B550-F GAMING, and CPU (?I think) AMD Ryzen 5 5600X, had some sort of compatibility issues.

I was under the impression that if I clear my CMOS, I would need to flash the BIOS on my MB again to be able to use it due to the stuff with the CPU and clearing the CMOS resetting the BIOS settings. Is this incorrect?

If I don't need to flash my BIOS after clearing CMOS that would be amazing and I'll clear my cmos now.

Thanks for the help and apologies if I've got the complete wrong end of the stick.