Three proprietary Fujitsu Livebook A532 laptops have the same problem - unable to boot to BIOS setup using F2 or F12.
It started with the fact that I prepared a bootable pendrive with CLONEZILLA and an image of a configured WIN 10.
So in order to start it, I did the following:
1. I set up the USB boot sequence in the BIOS.
2. I had to set up a supervisor password - because only then the BIOS allowed to disable the SECURITY BOOT option
3. First reboot and everything started as planned.
4. Second reboot - BIOS automatically restored HDD as bootable drive.
5. The system boots from HDD and Windows flashes ....
And here comes the problem - I can't get into the BIOS anymore !!!!!!
After pressing F2 and entering the supervisor password, a black screen appears and there is no further reaction. Nothing at all - just fan noise.
After rebooting, Windows wakes up normally. You just can't enter the BIOS.
I tried to reset the BIOS by pulling the battery off the motherboard - but it is mounted so that it cannot be removed. There is a reset jumper on the board (I found info on the internet), but it only resets the RTC clock settings - after shorting it and restarting, there is still a BIOS password and a black screen.
I even tried to upload a new BIOS - downloaded from the Fujitsu website - but it crashes some image incompatibility or something ...
I have no ideas anymore.
Regards Tomasz.
It started with the fact that I prepared a bootable pendrive with CLONEZILLA and an image of a configured WIN 10.
So in order to start it, I did the following:
1. I set up the USB boot sequence in the BIOS.
2. I had to set up a supervisor password - because only then the BIOS allowed to disable the SECURITY BOOT option
3. First reboot and everything started as planned.
4. Second reboot - BIOS automatically restored HDD as bootable drive.
5. The system boots from HDD and Windows flashes ....
And here comes the problem - I can't get into the BIOS anymore !!!!!!
After pressing F2 and entering the supervisor password, a black screen appears and there is no further reaction. Nothing at all - just fan noise.
After rebooting, Windows wakes up normally. You just can't enter the BIOS.
I tried to reset the BIOS by pulling the battery off the motherboard - but it is mounted so that it cannot be removed. There is a reset jumper on the board (I found info on the internet), but it only resets the RTC clock settings - after shorting it and restarting, there is still a BIOS password and a black screen.
I even tried to upload a new BIOS - downloaded from the Fujitsu website - but it crashes some image incompatibility or something ...
I have no ideas anymore.
Regards Tomasz.