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Taotao10

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May 13th, 2024 21:09

Unable to access BIOS

I recently purchased a poweredge t610 second hand, and it's currently loaded with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Server, and I have not been able to access bios. On startup the dell splash screen is not appearing and I'm not getting any bios prompt, trying to click f11 while it is booting just prevents it from booting into the OS, until I hit enter. I'm not sure if I'm doing something wrong trying to access BIOS, but I've been trying everything I can think of without much success. I am trying to access BIOS, so that I can get the process of installing Proxmox started.

DELL-Joey C

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May 14th, 2024 08:50

Hi,

 

To access PowerEdge BIOS, it is F2. Can you check if you are able to access to the BIOS by pressing F2 multiple times? 

Taotao10

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16-05-2024 15:31 PM

@DELL-Joey C​ I had seen in the user manual that f11 is the BIOS boot manager and F2 is the UEFI boot manager, and I was able to get into UEFI once, but I was not able to find where to boot through a USB, and I had read that it needed to be done through BIOS so I exited that menu and went back to trying to get into BIOS. I've given it a couple of tries again and I'm no longer able to get into UEFI either. It's possible I'm doing something incorrectly but as far as I can tell nothing has changed. 

DELL-Charles R

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16-05-2024 16:00 PM

Hello,

 

Try getting back in the BIOS <F2> and check Boot Mode. Change it to BIOS, save, exit. See if that helps get the Proxmox install going.

 

I would note we support Proxmox so anything with that OS would be up to you.

 

Your PowerEdge T610 supports these operating systems:

https://dell.to/3wCMeg6

 

DELL-Charles R

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Taotao10

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22-05-2024 03:19 AM

@DELL-Charles R​ Gave it quite a few more tries and I am unable to get into anything. F2 is not bringing me anywhere. Apart from OS the only other thing I have been able to access is GRUB.

DELL-Young E

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22-05-2024 06:43 AM

Hello have you tried F10 instead of F2?

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Taotao10

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May 24th, 2024 22:01

@DELL-Young E​ I've given f2, f9, f10, f11, f12, del, esc, and enter a try, and nothing apart from esc and enter do anything. Clicking esc brings me to GNU Grub, and enter will go into the OS. 

DELL-Young E

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May 27th, 2024 06:58

Hello,

I'd try this:

https://dell.to/3VgFspX

 

2. Clearing the BIOS using the motherboard Jumper (Desktop/Servers only)

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