Solved No Bios?

[sverne]

I have an "older" Lenovo Thinkpad (without Novo button) that I cannot access the BIOS menu at startup. Pressing F2 gets me to a sub-screen with 10 options but none are for BIOS; the only possibility is perhaps "repair" which entails using the Win7 OS disk.

On startup, the screen states to "press Enter"-but this does nothing. I have read about removing the CMOS battery or even using the command promt via shutdown /r /fw
Would the prompt work safely, or any other ideas?
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[samuria]

tried these https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/so...s-boot-menu-thinkpad-thinkcentre-thinkstation

 

[sverne]

Thanks for the link, but this is for Win 10/11 not 7; Lenovo does have great support for ALL their models though.

 

[samuria]

bios has nothing to with o/s it works with linux or any o/s

 

[Bree]

I have an "older" Lenovo Thinkpad (without Novo button) that I cannot access the BIOS menu at startup....
....On startup, the screen states to "press Enter"-but this does nothing.

I too have an older Thinkpad.

If you wait until the screen that says 'Press Enter...' then it's almost too late. There's only a very small window of opportunity. Start pressing Enter as soon as you turn on the power, before the screen appears, and keep pressing it repeatedly. That should get you in....

 

[sverne]

WoW! You deserve a beer. The "Enter" did not work for me, until I pressed right away; this is a trick unbeknownst to many including the Lenovo support site.
Finally got to see my BIOS.

 

[Bree]

WoW! You deserve a beer. The "Enter" did not work for me, until I pressed right away; this is a trick unbeknownst to many including the Lenovo support site.
Finally got to see my BIOS.