On 4/13/2015 2:40 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
This ASUS X551CA machine wants F2 to access the BIOS. Already been there and told it to use the Microsoft Boot
Manager which allowed me to select boot from USB... which it tried to do and failed. Had I not done that it would have
simply booted from the existing hard drive which works fine.
I knew about F2 after downloading the user's manual from ASUS and reading the BIOS section. But you mentioned "quick
boot" which I think it what this manual calls "Fast Boot" under Boot Configuration along with another choice called
"Launch CSM". Fast Boot is enabled by default and Launch CSM is disabled by default. The BIOS portion of the user's
manual shows these items as part of the BIOS configuration but never mentions or defines them. I've never heard of
them and have no idea what they're supposed to do.
A quick search says that Launch CSM is for installing older OS and "Basically Fast Boot under a UEFI setup initializes
all hardware at the same time(providing you have compatible VGA and Mobo) to boot you into Windows faster. As opposed to
the older BIOSes which initializes your hardware one piece at a time and takes longer by doing so. "
Perhaps I should play a little more.
I'd try turning Fast Boot off.
Optional Moose
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