How to reset bios on slimbook..

[Murat]

Hi there,

I've got a slimbook with win 10. Needed to format it to Win7 but it turned out to be impossible. It didn't even recognise my external dvd at startup.

So the main problem is while i was playing around the bios (insydeH20 rev 5), I guess mistakenly I disabled all usb ports, including keyboard and mouse.

I cannot enter bios, it boots normally into windows 10 and connects to wifi but I cannot access pc by any way. It has 2 usb ports and sd card slot.

After a little research, I realised the only way to fix is resetting/flashing bios. But how??

I had an idea: Access the storage from another pc, place teamviewer into Startup folder, access pc through teamviewer and update/reinstall bios from windows)

But the mainboard has everything on it, including ram, an 32 gb ssd, the bios battery (which i dont even know where it is)

So I cannot access the embedded ssd from another pc. I cannot remove battery to reset bios, theres no cmos jumper.. What are my options?

Any help is appreciated.

 

[Markverhyden]

Make and model?

 

[Murat]

Laptop Quest Slimbook - 14.1" (Z3735F/2GB/32GB/ HD)

 

[Markverhyden]

That looks like some generic whitebox Chinese manufacturered model so I doubt there is a service manual. If there is not CR2032, one of those coin batteries and check on the underside of the motherboard, I'd unplug the connector coming from the battery on the left. The push and hold down the power button for 15 seconds or so. Leave the battery unplugged overnight. Then power up and see what you get.

 

[Murat]

I have tried this for 10-15 mins without success. Tonight I'm gonna let it and inform you tomorrow.

Edit: I've also checked under it, theres no battery.

 

[Markverhyden]

I've run into a few models where there is no separate CMOS battery. So these rely on the main battery plus power stored in some capacitors. But those will eventually discharge, hopefully resetting the BIOS to defaults. I mentioned pushing the power button with no battery, as for some models that seems to be a way to quickly discharge the capacitors.

 

[Murat]

No success... I removed battery power, kept power button pressed for 15+ seconds and left it all night. Now when i powered it up, nothing is changed. It looks like we really cut battery power successfully because windows time looks wrong which means it has already been reset, but I dont know why bios didn't change.
As a last option do you know any place that I can buy this motherboard to replace?

 

[glennd]

Atom processor, 2GB RAM, 32 SSD, Win10. it's junk, throw it away.

 

[Murat]

It doesn't belong to me so I cant, I know its a waste of money but I have to fix it some way

 

[AlaDes]

When booting Windows 10, you will probably have to boot it into safe mode and go into the bios settings from there, because of how fast it boots. It's not that it doesn't recognize the ports, it's that you will have to change the settings (if you can), once you are in the BIOS to where you can boot from legacy devices. Also, you may also want to rearrange the order in which the devices boot, so the hard drive doesn't try to boot first. Btw...If the system does try to boot once you chance to legacy from UEFI, you will get a BSOD, more than likely.

 

[jmitservices]

@AlaDes I don't think he can access anything inside of the Windows 10 either.

 

[Markverhyden]

Appears to be a common model in Greece. Hard to say about the motherboard. My guess is you will not be able to get just the motherboard. Is there any printing on the underside that might help determine who the manufacturer is?

 

[AlaDes]

@AlaDes I don't think he can access anything inside of the Windows 10 either.

It's been awhile since I've had to do it, but when you boot into Windows 10 safe mode and go into advanced settings, you will be given an option to go in the the firmware settings. However, this option may not be there if the PC did not originally ship with Windows 10 or is not UEFI capable.

 

[Krynn72]

If you can at least get to the windows 10 log in screen then yeah, you can just access the UEFI by holding shift and choosing restart on the bottom right of the login screen. It will give you those options in the screenshot @AlaDes posted before it reboots. No need to go into safe mode even.

 

[jmitservices]

I cannot enter bios, it boots normally into windows 10 and connects to wifi but I cannot access pc by any way

 

[AlaDes]

No, you really don't.

It's very easy to convince yourself that everything can be fixed and therefore everything must be fixed, but you're probably more worried about this computer than its owner is and you've almost certainly spent more time on it that its owner would be willing to pay for. (Quite probably more than the cost of a new one.)

You can let it go - I promise you that the world won't end if you do.

As they have said, it's a waste of time and money in many cases. Many times I tell my customers that anything can be fixed, but at what cost are you willing to pay? They usually shut up and tell me it's not worth it lol.