hey guys, i’m new to garuda and i cannot get into the bios to install a new os,i can get into normal garuda tho, but i dont know how to troubleshoot or fix this
Hello and welcome,
Do you have a Instruction Guide ? I did a short search on the Web. See here
Tried f2, did not work I can’t upload an image of what it did but it kept me on the Acer screen after pressing f2
You also can try the DEL Button aka delete . Did you hold the button? Dont hold it just press and release many times when the ACER Screen Logo comes up . You also can try to load it over windows which windows you have installed?
There is no need to install another OS if Garuda Linux is installed. 
On Garuda grub you can just use UEFI Firmware Settings for BIOS.
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Please post your garuda-inxi as requested by the template. Among other things, it contains the exact model of the laptop.
Assuming this is an Acer Aspire V Nitro, then F2 is correct to enter the BIOS. Try to open the BIOS boot menu with F12 - does that work? If not, then the BIOS is probably faulty or the F keys are not working properly. Since you can obviously boot Garuda Linux, boot it and check if the F-keys work. For example, you can open dolphin and activate the “Selection Mode” with F2 or you can test whether “Show Previews” can be enabled/disabled with F12.
You can also try booting directly from Garuda Linux into the BIOS: Application Launcher → System → Reboot To UEFI.
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I got into the boot manager!
But bios idk yet
How would I post the garuda-inxi?
Open the Terminal and type it in and copy paste in here as Preformatted text field </> sign or use 3 tiles ~ above and under it.
It would be useful if you could finally provide some helpful information. We still don’t know what kind of laptop model it is and if you tried to boot into the BIOS from Linux.
Open a terminal, enter this:
garuda-inxi
copy the output and paste it here in the forum using a code block, as @Duke187 has already mentioned.
Since you obviously enter the BIOS boot menu with F12 and the laptop hangs at the Acer logo when you press F2, the F keys seem to work.
Try a cold boot (since we do not know the exact acer model, here is an example of an Acer Aspire V17 Nitro Black Edition / VN7-793G):
- turn off the laptop and disconnect everything including the power cable.
- turn the laptop over, on the bottom there is a small battery symbol in the middle and a reset pinhole next to it. Take a needle or paperclip and press the microswitch underneath for 5 seconds (this briefly disconnects the power from the internal battery from the board, this is not a BIOS reset).
- turn the laptop back over, open the display and press and hold the power button on the keyboard for approx. 30 seconds.
- plug the power cable back into the laptop, switch it on and check whether you can access the BIOS with F2.
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garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.14.6-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=8ff9a1cf-6a8f-4dc4-a840-be0689f45a1b rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.14.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Nitro AN515-55 v: V1.00
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: CML model: Stonic_CMS v: V1.00 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: 0000000000000000 uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.00
date: 03/19/2020
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 38.7 Wh (89.0%) condition: 43.5/57.5 Wh (75.7%)
volts: 16.8 min: 15.4 model: LGC AP18E8M type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: charging
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-10300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0x100
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900
8: 900 bogomips: 39999
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CometLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9bc4
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 570.144
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as
of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF
built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1f99 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:4 chip-ID: 0408:a061
class-ID: 0e02
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau,vesa alternate: fbdev,intel,nv dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x065a built: 2019 res: mode: 1920x1080
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia
platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: nouveau
device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: iris surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland:
drv: iris x11: drv: iris
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2)
device-ID: 8086:9bc4 memory: 7.54 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 6 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
UHD Graphics (CML GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 25.0.5-arch1.1
device-ID: 8086:9bc4 surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 driver: nvidia v: 570.144
device-ID: 10de:1f99 surfaces: N/A device: 2 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.0.5-arch1.1 (LLVM
19.1.7) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:10fa class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.14.6-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek Killer E2600 GbE vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000
bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:2600 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.04 TiB used: 30.35 GiB (2.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Lenovo O.E.M.
model: RPFTJ128PDD2EWX size: 119.24 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 11.9 temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2U scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 model: General USB Flash Disk size: 14.57 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s
lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 30.35 GiB (25.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 30.35 GiB (25.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 30.35 GiB (25.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 118.95 GiB size: 118.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 30.35 GiB (25.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.44 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 8
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C pch: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.44 GiB used: 3.4 GiB (22.0%)
Processes: 382 Power: uptime: 2d 15h 12m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown,
reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.1 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1749 pm: pacman pkgs: 1742 libs: 503
tools: gnome-software,octopi,paru pm: flatpak pkgs: 7 Compilers: gcc: 15.1.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-05-18
Last full system update: 2025-05-19
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units:
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