Bios not loading without tweaking the HDMI cable during restart.

[eddieg4]

I have a HP Pavilion Mini Desktop m0del 300-250, with a Colti motherboard. I could only load the Bios to load windows by tweaking the HDMI connector from the HDMI port to the monitor. this Mini Desktop cannot be upgraded to windows 11 because hardware incompatibility. I want to Install other OS when windows 10 expired its support but searching on prospective choices of OS required the EUIF bios and secure boot to install other OS. 

Will there be adjustment on the Bios setting other than priority load from the USB to install new OS. My choice is ChromeFlex OS.

[Bill_To]

Greetings @eddieg4 

I am unclear as to what tweaking the HDMI connector means.

What are you doing to tweak the HDMI connector? I would try a different HDMI cable if you have to adjust the HDMI cable.

It is possible to install W11 on unsupported hardware. @Paul_Tikkanen would be able to assist.

I can't say what the W11 experience would be if you can install W11 on your PC.

Microsoft is going to offer extended W10 security support to consumers. I think the first year is going to be around $30.00 per PC. I don't know if this option is available outside of the US.

So this is also an option if you want to continue using W10.

I'm considering the extended support option for my W10 PCs. But I'm also running Linux Mint 22 on an older PC with great results. I may do Linux on the W10 PCs.

Regards

[Paul_Tikkanen]

@eddieg4 

From the specs I could find it appears your PC comes with an Intel Core i5-5200U processor, and it can support up to 2 x 8 GB of DDR3L-1600 MHz SODIMM memory.

You should be able to run W11 on that PC OK.

If you are happy with your PC and if you are interested in installing W11 24H2 on your PC as is, watch this video, which is the easiest way to do it in my opinion, and I have tried many different ways to do this during the last 3 years.

How to install Windows 11 24H2 on Unsupported PC (Early Access) 2024 (youtube.com)

Download the W24H2 ISO file and use that (3rd option).   

Download Windows 11 (microsoft.com)

You can download the free 7-Zip file utility from the link below.  The top line is for 64 bit.

7-Zip

You'll have to repeat this procedure each October when Microsoft rolls out the new builds because a PC that does not meet Microsoft's minimum W11 hardware requirements will never automatically get the update to the next build.

Other than that, your PC will continue to get the monthly cumulative and other updates.

That's only a minor inconvenience to have continued OS support beyond October of 2025.

If things don't work right on W11, you can easily go back to W10 within 10 days as long as you don't delete the Windows.old folder and the upgrade files.

Watch this video for how to do that if necessary:

Go Back to Windows 10 from Windows 11 \Before & After 10 Days\Downgrade Windows 11 ➡️ Windows 10