On 22 February 2018 at 23:13, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 02/22/18 15:25, Ahmad Samir wrote: >> >> I suggest you have a look at the manual for that MOBO[1]; it looks >> like it supports booting from usb (from reading the "Boot Screen" >> section of the manual PDF. >> >> [1]http://www.asrock.com/mb/AMD/QC5000-ITXWiFi/#Manual >> -- Ahmad Samir > > > . > > I have the [pdf] manual, I just can't get the cmos menu to do anything. It > produces a pretty ASRock logo in the center of the screen and shows several > items in a list below it, Setup F2, and Boot F11, but it responds to none of > them? I'm beginning to think that shutting it down and bringing it up again > has resulted in it's failure. It's been running 24 hours a day forseveral > years. I just don't remember when I got it but it's in an enclosure about > three inches high and at the bottom of a stack, heat may have taken its' > toll ... > That might be "Fast Boot", which is a feature that's supposed to make booting faster but also means you can't access the firmware settings at early boot; the manual says that you can't boot from usb if Fast Boot is enabled. >From the manual: Fast Boot Fast Boot minimizes your computer's boot time. In fast mode you may not boot from an USB storage device. Ultra Fast mode is only supported by Windows 8 and the VBIOS must support UEFI GOP if you are using an external graphics card. Please notice that Ultra Fast mode will boot so fast that the only way to enter this UEFI Setup Utility is to Clear CMOS or run the Restart to UEFI utility in Windows. -- Ahmad Samir _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
