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I Just got a alienware Aurora maybe 3 weeks ago. Everything work fine, however I wanted to check the overclock setting. When I tried to get into BIOS by pressing f2 at the start screen, the screen just went gray and would not load bios. I also tried f12, and same thing. Any Suggestions
What kind of monitor and cable are you using? What port on back of Aurora?
Sounds like the system might be having a problem with the display resolution/frequency change.
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When outside of Windows (like in the BIOS) there really isn't anything to config (video-wise) on the Aurora that would keep it from working. I think you are going to have to call phone support.
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Aurora DVI-1 port to
DVI Cable
DVI port on Asus-LCD... should work.
Go into Asus menus and make sure it's still set to DVI port. Maybe press Auto-Sync or Auto-Adjust.
Only other thing I can think of is power-down and try other DVI port on Aurora.
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I had the same problem on my Aurora R4 the first time I tried to get into the BIOS.It turned out the problem was my keyboard. I replaced the keyboard and it came right up. If you have another keyboard you could use, it's worth a try.