linuxgeek: Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux and Windows 10 problems

Monday, September 21, 2015

Re: [LINUX_Newbies] Linux and Windows 10 problems

The following table lists the actions that need to be taken to enter the BIOS area of the various older ThinkPad systems.

ThinkPad model	Action
G40, G41, R40, R40e, R50/e/p, R51, R52, T40/p, T41/p, T42/p, T43/p, X40, X41, X41 Tablet	Press the blue Access IBM button when the message "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue Access IBM button" is displayed to enter the ThinkVantage Productivity Center, then select Start setup utility to open the BIOS Setup Utility.
R51e, R60/e/i, R61/e/i, T60/p, T61/p, X60/s, X61, X61 Tablet, Z60m/t, Z61e/m/p/t, Reserve Edition	Press the blue ThinkVantage button when the message "To interrupt normal startup, press the blue ThinkVantage button " is displayed to enter the ThinkVantage Productivity Center, then select Start setup utility to open the BIOS Setup Utility.
240 series 390 series 570 series i Series 1200 i Series 1300 i Series 1400 i Series 1500 i Series 172x A20, A21, A22, A30, A31 R30, R31, R32, S30, S31 T20, T21, T22, T23, T30 X20, X21, X22, X23, X24, X30, X31 TransNote	Pressing F1 during startup when the ThinkPad logo is displayed.

310, 315 310E/ED 315ED	BIOS Utility is entered by holding F2 while the ThinkPad logo is displayed after power on.
365C/CS 365CD/CSD 365E/ED	Enter setup by pressing CTRL+Alt+F11 from a DOS prompt (you must be in DOS mode, not a DOS session under Windows).
365X/XD	With the unit powered off, hold the F1 key and power the unit on. Keep F1 held down until Easy setup appears
360, 355 series 380, 385 series 560 series 600 series 701C/CS 75x series 76x series 770 series	With the unit powered off, hold the F1 key and power the unit on. Keep F1 held down until Easy setup appears. Note: On the TP 701, you can also access the Configuration area on BIOS by pressing the Fn+F1 keys.
500, 510	Enter setup by pressing CTRL+Alt+F3 from a DOS prompt (you must be in DOS mode, not a DOS session under Windows).
700/C 720/C	Pressing CTRL+ALT+INS when the cursor moves over to the upper right hand side of the screen right after the memory count.
710T 730T	Hold the suspend/resume switch while powering on the computer.

https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/ht036045

On 9/21/2015 3:44 PM, maylit2me@gmail.com [LINUX_Newbies] wrote:

Just out of curiosity, did you try F1 at startup to enter the bios rather than F2 and F 12?
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/boot-cd-lenovo-55992.html
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---In LINUX_Newbies@yahoogroups.com, <james.jolin@...> wrote :

Well I sure got plenty of answers. Unfortunately they almost all miss the point in that I cannot boot from any drive because something changed the boot order that I had. The dvd drive works in windows 10 and all the other hardware. I beginning that MS has fix things so that dual booting is turned off. Don't know if this is intentional or not. I think I will have to call Lenovo and see what I can find out. If anyone runs into this problem and figures it out let me know.

Jim wa9arb