Trying to enter Bios, get white screen few numbers

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Have gotten into bios a couple times but can't get in at all
not even thru windows repair to UEFI settings access
Specs on my signature updated, newest bios
Is the 950 vid card to old?
has the FW update for that card & was successful
Monitor has sleep off

Running on windowswith 950 vid card showing as being used with GPUZ
 
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sotirisdim15ad02e7 said:
I would also like the instructions as I am facing the same issue with an AMD RX 470 on MSI MAG Tomahawk Z790 DDR5 WIFI on latest bios
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Your old GPU used is causing this.
Latest BIOSes have specific security upgrades, that old GPUs can't comply.

Your options are:
* Upgrade your current GPU with more recent GPU Series.
* Flash back to older BIOS version which can works with this GPU
* Disable VT-D in BIOS Setup to keep using latest BIOS and older GPU

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So I removed the 950 video card, plugged HDMI cable into the on board HDMI motherboard slot,
(this CPU has video) and away it went into the bios
Did my bios settings up, saved then shutdown
Then Installed the GTX950 video card into the top slot as usual,
reconnected the HDMI cable from monitor back to video cards HDMI terminal .
started up computer
Booted right up into win 11 and kept my new CMOS settings.

Ran cine bench once thru fans not on vid card
no artifacts though
Then Got :
*FurMark 64 bit v 2.9.0.0
*brought both fans on
ran 9 minutes
no issues artifacts
gpu temp 68c
gpu hotspot 78c
gpu usage 99%

Think video card causing entering Bios issue?
It is an old card (2015)
 
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Tyreman said:
i diont game
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In this case, get rid of the graphics card completely, use the iGPU from the CPU via the board's outputs. This is more than enough if you don't game, and then there is no graphics card causing needless additional power consumption and heat. Heck, the iGPU of the CPU is even enough for some strategy games etc.
 
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A GTX 950 will have zero benefits over the Intel iGPU, only downsides. The 950 is slightly better for gaming, but you don't game, so it doesn't matter. It has higher power consumption in idle, and much higher power consumption under any kind of load. It also leads to higher CPU power consumption, since (unlike the iGPU), it cannot accelerate current video decoding in hardware. So however you compare it, if you don't play games, then the only conclusion is to take out the graphics card.

Even for non-demanding games like Civilization or so, i would take the 950 out. It has around 90W power consumption under load, for only a slightly better gaming performance than the iGPU, so it is highly inefficient.
 
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It`s some a broader problem not the fault of his graphics card. I already updates my bios to latest stable + FW. Before this I did one becouse my RAM was not detected correctly. Worked OK. After the last version I managed to get into UEFI, but the graphics are completely broken. The outlines of the windows are partially visible. After removing the graphics card and using the integrated one, UEFI everything looks as it should. I carried out the entire procedure properly. I cleared CMOS, used M-Flash. Flashing went without any errors.
My spec is:
mainboard MSI PRO Z790-A MAX WIFI
i5 14600K
Lexar 48gb (2x24gb) 7600 cl38 ares rgb (seted on 7000Mhz coz mainboard cant handle even 7200)
GPU Radeon RX 480
 

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I too have the same issue, after latest bios update on my z790 tomahawk ddr5 shows white screen, hit delete key to enter bios after update and it is white screen. Can not change any settings as the screen is white. Gpu is a gtx 970.
I had to flash the bios to the previous beta version to be able to see the bios screen, which in turn has now deactivated my win 11.
 
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@Svet do you have any sense of which environments might be impacted by this issue? It seems most have older video cards that are impacted, but are there other known configurations? I've been holding off applying the new BIOS on my Z790 Tomahawk DDR5 waiting to see how often this issue presents itself. I do have a newer video card with a 4090.
 
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irvinm said:
@Svet do you have any sense of which environments might be impacted by this issue? It seems most have older video cards that are impacted, but are there other known configurations? I've been holding off applying the new BIOS on my Z790 Tomahawk DDR5 waiting to see how often this issue presents itself. I do have a newer video card with a 4090.
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The issue can happens only when older GPUs are used.
For your GPU listed, no chance for such issue.
 
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