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Unable to go beyond BIOS in Asus H81M-E Motherboard
The problem
I backed up my mail server on windows backup. I was told to test it by my boss. I took a good spec PC (Asus H81M-E) and tried to restore the image to that pc. I got the error
"Windows cannot restore a system a system image to a computer that has different firmware. The system image was created on a computer using BIOS and the computer is using EFI.""
So i researched this and it came up to changing CSM settings. So i went to bios -->boot-->csm and changed the option to EFI only. I booted the PC from windows server 2012 and pressed shift F10. I used diskpart to convert the disk to gpt. I restarted the server with OS disk server 2012 and clicked repair your computer-->troubleshoot-->
Once the image was restored the PC restarted and upon restart i cannot go into bios. I get the first screen of Asus that says "Please press DEL or F2 to enter UEFI BIOS setting"
What would have caused it and what can i do to solve this issue?
Thanking you in advance for your assistance
I backed up my mail server on windows backup. I was told to test it by my boss. I took a good spec PC (Asus H81M-E) and tried to restore the image to that pc. I got the error
"Windows cannot restore a system a system image to a computer that has different firmware. The system image was created on a computer using BIOS and the computer is using EFI.""
So i researched this and it came up to changing CSM settings. So i went to bios -->boot-->csm and changed the option to EFI only. I booted the PC from windows server 2012 and pressed shift F10. I used diskpart to convert the disk to gpt. I restarted the server with OS disk server 2012 and clicked repair your computer-->troubleshoot-->
Once the image was restored the PC restarted and upon restart i cannot go into bios. I get the first screen of Asus that says "Please press DEL or F2 to enter UEFI BIOS setting"
What would have caused it and what can i do to solve this issue?
Thanking you in advance for your assistance
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Hi John nothing works i am unable to go beyond bios. the keyboard and mouse are not working as well. All i get in keyboard is a green light where numlock is, when i try to press the numlock again the green light is supposed to go off but it doesn't.
Make a bootable CD or USB of the BIOS ISO. Then boot with that to install the PC BIOS. Then go from there.
Think, Ponder, Wonder.
Hmm. that is bad news because I think you have corrupted the BIOS chip which means replacing the Motherboard. Cheaper to replace the computer.
I will continue to ponder, but I think the above is correct.
Hmm. that is bad news because I think you have corrupted the BIOS chip which means replacing the Motherboard. Cheaper to replace the computer.
I will continue to ponder, but I think the above is correct.
"Windows cannot restore a system a system image to a computer that has different firmware. The system image was created on a computer using BIOS and the computer is using EFI.""
So I researched this and it came up to changing CSM settings. So I went to bios -->boot-->csm and changed the option to EFI only.
Totally backwards. Must be MBR and not EFI
try clearing your CMOS ram
see page 1-11 of the manual
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/H81M-A/E8599_H81M-Series.pdf
So I researched this and it came up to changing CSM settings. So I went to bios -->boot-->csm and changed the option to EFI only.
Totally backwards. Must be MBR and not EFI
try clearing your CMOS ram
see page 1-11 of the manual
https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1150/H81M-A/E8599_H81M-Series.pdf
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I think you would need to delete all partitions, install the PC BIOS and install Windows.