I installed Linux mint just recently and after the prompt which said remove installation device and hit enter to continue I did that and this happened, and after this I tried getting into my bios by spam clicking f2 and it’s just grey and stays grey until is switch my laptop off
Solved Black screen trying to get to bios
- Thread starter Jovindhar
- Start date
-
- Tags
- #linuxmint
Solved issue
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
G'day Jovindhar, Welcome to Linux.org
Try hitting the esc or del key
once in bios you need to disable Secure boot....and fast boot as well.
Try hitting the esc or del key
once in bios you need to disable Secure boot....and fast boot as well.
Asus rog strix
I tried both and del key didn’t work, esc key just left it in this screen
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
The brand is obviously Asus....what is the model...it will be a number with letters....
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
look here.....this will explain what I mean
www.asus.com
ROG Strix - All Models｜Laptops For Gaming｜ASUS Australia
In ASUS 「ROG Strix - All Models」 - Laptops , you could find most appropriate Laptops based on product features, specification or price. And you also could get product's detail information and comparsion, even add it into the wish list in buy page.
www.asus.com
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
from this video, it appears the F2 key was correct....at least for this particular model
The f2 key is the correct key cause I’ve loaded into the bios before but now it’s just black screens everytime I press it to get to the bios, I saw somewhere that it might be cause the display resolution isn’t supported or something like that, but I need to have a look into it
Condobloke
Well-Known Member
display resolution should not affect it...I dont think
Have you shut the pc down and started tapping the F2 as you hit the 'turn on' button ?
Have you shut the pc down and started tapping the F2 as you hit the 'turn on' button ?
theLegionWithin
Active Member
if it was a desktop I'd say try to short the pins with a screwdriver (though some motherboards have a bios reset switch) - but on a laptop without being able to access the bios? hmm... did you already try to, while the laptop is not connected to external power, press and hold the power button down for ~30 seconds?
I just tried this, after holding it down, it turns on and immediately turns off without anything posting, should I try turn it back on and get into the bios?
I can only force shut it down cause of the other issue that I took a screenshot of, but I tried this as well and it’s just showing a grey screen
i found the exact model number
GL553VD
Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
Different machines, different timing,
1.switch on machine
2 press and hold power button down for 60 seconds,
3 release,
4 switch on whilst jiggling boot key [ACER OLD models del key, NEWER models F2 key [you should get a beep and the bios/UEFI screen come up after a few seconds]
Irrespective of which OS you have or indeed if you do not have any, the BIOS should open,
Did you disable windows fast boot and not essential but preferable secure boot, before installing your Linux distribution? did you remove the installation medium [pen-drive] after installing and re-starting the machine?
I don’t think I did, because I needed secure boot to run vanguard anti cheat. Yea I removed the installation medium when the prompt came and as soon as I removed the drive this came up
Brickwizard
Well-Known Member
\ok so MOKL is a manufacturer's key which is a [Windows thing] and is part of the secure boot , in Linux it is usually taken care of by an app shimx64.efi which normally should be a part of the installation process.
So humour me, turn off fast boot and try to boot your Linux, if it works then we will know that is the problem, if it doesn't work, then my suggestion is you download the ISO again and make a new bootable Pen drive [with a good quality clean drive formatted fats] and try again
if you can get Linux working as you would hope then there are ways of turning on fast boot and adding shimx64.efi if its still missing [but I have never had this problem so its not something I can comfortably give solid help with]
@Alexzee , @wizardfromoz ,@f33dm3bits , @dos2unix any further thought boys?
So humour me, turn off fast boot and try to boot your Linux, if it works then we will know that is the problem, if it doesn't work, then my suggestion is you download the ISO again and make a new bootable Pen drive [with a good quality clean drive formatted fats] and try again
if you can get Linux working as you would hope then there are ways of turning on fast boot and adding shimx64.efi if its still missing [but I have never had this problem so its not something I can comfortably give solid help with]
@Alexzee , @wizardfromoz ,@f33dm3bits , @dos2unix any further thought boys?
Last edited:
The problem isn’t turning off secure boot and fast boot, the problem is getting into the bios. Cause I’ve tried every key, I searched up my specific laptop model and I was told f2 is the one, but when I spam click it after turning my pc on it just goes grey and nothing happens at all, if I spam press esc it stays in the screen saying Asus and just stays there as well.
