Can't enter BIOS

lukas.galdi

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Jan 29, 2018
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Hello. So I've recently bought a new MSI desktop, and I couldn't use my VGA monitor on it. I found out that the reason was my GPU, since 1070 and better graphics cards do not support analog displays. My CPU however, has and iGPU that should work with the monitor just fine.

The problem here is that I do not want to take my GPU out, and I can't change the default graphics processor through the BIOS, simply because I cannot open it.

I've tried clicking Delete and F2/F12, and there is not much left for me to try. As I've said, I do not want to remove the GPU and I can't open the BIOS.

The motherboard I'm using is an MSI H110. When the computer is booting up, I just see the MSI logo and nothing else, thereafter, it goes straight into the Windows 10 lock screen.

How can I fix this and enter the BIOS?
 
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If this is a desktop then you want to use your graphics card as your video output adapter not your integrated graphics. That defeats the purpose of buying a computer with a graphics card unless you are wanting to use the graphics card for mining and not have it outputting video. AMD Eyefinity-like setups where you have your CPU iGPU serving the frames your GPU renders are possible but unnecessary and more reserved for laptops. The 1000 nVIDIA series don't work with analog because nVIDIA decided it wasn't worth it to support this legacy hardware.

I recommend getting an active VGA to HDMI adapter and use it to connect to the graphics card HDMI port. I'd also seriously consider a monitor upgrade, an old VGA display and an expensive higher...

jr9

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If this is a desktop then you want to use your graphics card as your video output adapter not your integrated graphics. That defeats the purpose of buying a computer with a graphics card unless you are wanting to use the graphics card for mining and not have it outputting video. AMD Eyefinity-like setups where you have your CPU iGPU serving the frames your GPU renders are possible but unnecessary and more reserved for laptops. The 1000 nVIDIA series don't work with analog because nVIDIA decided it wasn't worth it to support this legacy hardware.

I recommend getting an active VGA to HDMI adapter and use it to connect to the graphics card HDMI port. I'd also seriously consider a monitor upgrade, an old VGA display and an expensive higher end graphics card is not ideal.
 
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