GA-z77X-UP5 TH Bios access and boot time issue

[dlittell]

I have a i7 3.4 Ghz IVY and the MOBO mentioned above. My system is taking several minutes to boot. My son says this is not normal as I am booting off of a SSD. Unfortunately, I need to switch out the MOBO because the TH ports were deformed and had to order a new one. I want to take some snap shots of the BIOs settings so I get them right prior to the changing the MOBO. The system is booting in verbose but no longer see a the code on the screen as its booting. I don't see anything until the log on screen. And pressing f12 does not get me to the BIOs set up.

Otherwise the system works great...Thanks Tony and all of you for your tips and help.

 

[jeffcarrera]

I think pressing f12 on boot brings you to boot options, pressing delete will bring you to bios set-up. One thing I learned with my hackintosh is that boot time is faster if you enable only either the internal graphics or discrete graphics. Enabling both gave me boot times of around a minute, disabling HD4000 and setting discrete graphics as default dramatically improved my boot time to 9 secs. I'm a newbie myself, just my 2 cents based on my own experience.

 

[Pakalolo]

Just follow this guide to set up your bios. http://www.tonymacx86.com/99-quick-guide-configuring-uefi-gigabyte-s-7-series-lga-1155-boards.html

 

[dlittell]

I was able to see the verbose code when I used the MOBO graphics out. Once I took the MOBO out I found that it was the heat shield that was blocking the TH connection. So I just reinstalled the same. Have not tried to access the BIOs again. Thanks.