Unlock HP Notebook 15-ay102nf Advanced BIOS Settings

[AncientRocks78]

Hello, i need help to unlock advanced bios settings, of my 15-ay102nf please! Anyone have a solution for that, would be much appreciated guys thanks.

[Hawks_Eye]

Hi @AncientRocks78 

Welcome to the HP Support Community! 

Thanks for posting your query! We're here to help you get back up and running.

Let me share a few recommendation which I see already posted in the community.

To Access Advanced BIOS Settings in HP.

Restart your Computer. Stop whatever you are doing.
Enter BIOS Settings. Press the Esc key repeatedly until the Startup menu opens.
Power Off/ Restart your Computer. Power off or restart your computer again, and this time press F9.
Press F10 and Get the Advanced Tab.

If you find the Advanced settings tab missing in the BIOS, that is because HP has locked the settings on your computer as the improper use of the Advanced settings in BIOS could damage your computer, and in most cases there is no way to unlock it.

We're thrilled to have the opportunity to assist you and provide a solution. We hope our assistance has been helpful! 

If this solution hit the spot, please come back and click "Accepted Solution" to help others find the answer. And if you'd like to say thanks, select "Yes" on the bottom left of the public post, as that would make our day! 

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Regards, 

Vince_0406

[AncientRocks78]

Thanks Vince_0406,

I've done everything as well as those steps, but they doesn't do a thing. My main thing for this is, I have a spare second SSD and i wanted to use it for the dual boot. So i bought a HDD-caddy, and didn't work for installing the OS, and bought a second HDD-caddy from ORICO, which i'm using now, just because, it is good quality compared with the first one, and didn't work also.

The laptop BIOS seems to accept only the first installed OS EFI, but can't from the second installed OS EFI as it always show "the selected boot device failed press enter to continue".

This is why I wanted to unlock the bios settings to let me fix this issue by selecting "Dual Boot" option from BOOT and by Disabling the "EFI First", and to change the SATA Port 1 Hot-Plug to Disabled and such a things.

Is there any way to do that, because seriously i won't use the DVD-Drive, please!

And seriously, why HP is locking (Some) options from the BIOS Settings, they can easily let us some that doesn't affect the Laptop stability visible, and lock the other settings that affect the CPU, RAM, Power, ACPI and GPU as it can Destabilize or even brick the laptop if the user doesn't know what he is doing!

[Hawks_Eye · Accepted solution]

Hi @AncientRocks78 

You are Welcome! Thanks for getting back to us.

Only the primary HDD information will be displayed in the System Information (F1) and the BIOS (F10). This is by design. Information on the additional drives are displayed in Computer and Computer Management.

Also as mentioned earlier if you find the Advanced settings tab missing in the BIOS, that is because HP has locked the settings on your computer as the improper use of the Advanced settings in BIOS could damage your computer, and in most cases there is no way to unlock it.

If this answers your question, please click "Accepted Solution" to help others find the answer. And if you'd like to say thanks, select "Yes" on the bottom left as that would make our day! 

Take care, and have an incredible day ahead! 

Thanks,

Vince_46