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Issue with BIOS not showing on screen. Minisforum BD895i SE

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I have a Minisforum BD895i SE and I am having an issue getting the Bios to display on my monitor. But first some history and specs:

Bios Ver. 1.17
32gigs Ram
RTX5060 Low Profile
2tb SSD
Windows 11 Pro
A week or 2 ago I got an error message in Fortnite that my Kernal32.dll had an issue, don't remember the exact phrasing but I did some searches and came to the conclusion that I had to reinstall Windows 11. I tried to do a Reset from within windows and got an error, so I downloaded windows creation tool and booted from it and started the install process. I got to the part where I deleted the SSD and after that it restarted the computer. But it would only start into the BIOS. It would not boot from the SSD nor the USB drive. After some time, I found a workaround where I had to disable Secure Boot. The computer would boot into windows just fine after that. I had been doing some trouble shooting and didn't have the video card installed Everything seemed good until I installed the video card. I could only access the Bios by connecting a HDMI cable to the motherboard, the bios would not show using DP cable on the video card. So, I thought that maybe if I disabled the Onboard Graphics the bios would show on the DP/Video card, but no it didn't work and now I can't get into the bios at all. I tried resetting the Bios using the reset button on the motherboard but that didn't work.
Now here I sit wondering what to do next. The computer will boot into windows and show up on screen however when I start the computer up, I get no display until the windows sign in screen shows up. No Boot Logo or anything. When pressing Delete on startup I think the computer goes into the bios, but it just doesn't show on screen. I am thinking about pulling the BIOS battery but that requires me too completely remove the motherboard as the battery is on the back of the MB. However that may get me into the bios on the motherboard display out. Don't know why/how this all started out and how to fix it.

[update] I took the MB out and unhooked the battery. I got back into the BIOS via the iGPU however the computer will no longer boot with the video card installed. I hit the power button and it powers on for 2 minutes with no display then shuts down. System works fine (normal) without the GPU.
 
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In the BIOS, there's a setting where you select whether to use the iGPU or discrete graphics card. It's typically set to AUTO (either). It might be set to the iGPU? Set it to PEG.
 
Some boards don't like it if the connected monitor is off when they are powered on, also. I don't know why, but (in the best case) they pick the wrong output when the monitor is off.
 
Found a setting in the bios that was set to UMA - Specific I set it to auto and the computer booted from the video card. However I got a Bitlocker screen and all I could do was to reinstall Windows again. What a pain in the ass it is. At least now everything seems to be working normally. I am booting using only the GPU and I am seeing the Start Up Logo and can enter the BIOS. Now to get Windows set up to my liking again.
 
Diablo2K said:
Found a setting in the bios that was set to UMA - Specific I set it to auto and the computer booted from the video card. However I got a Bitlocker screen and all I could do was to reinstall Windows again. What a pain in the ass it is. At least now everything seems to be working normally. I am booting using only the GPU and I am seeing the Start Up Logo and can enter the BIOS. Now to get Windows set up to my liking again.
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Yeah, some iGPU's (stupid autocorrect), BIOS's, and BIOS versions don't like high amounts of UMA, I usually set it to default or AUTO. I also disable Bitlocker and any BIOS related security, but that's just me.
 
Should not have had to reinstall...I think the secret is on disk and hashed with the security module (forget what it's called), and as long as both are present and haven't changed it should automatically decrypt.

If you save the backup code somewhere you can avoid reinstalling in the future.
 
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