From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 2024-09-10 14:02, Paul wrote:   
   > On Tue, 9/10/2024 3:33 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >   
   >>   
   >> With my computer I have to press the key many times, fast, or the BIOS   
   config menu doesn't start.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Most BIOS do not provide a visual indicator which shows   
   > the "input interval is open".   
   >   
   > On my Acer laptop, the BIOS key has a *one second wide* window.   
   > You have to be a Ninja to use it, and I can never quite get it   
   > on the first try. It always takes at least two tries to get in,   
   > and sometimes more (if still half asleep).   
      
   On some laptops it is a tiny button on the side, sometimes accessible   
   with a pin. Fortunately, this one doesn't need to be pressed many times.   
      
   I think the idea was to reach the UEFI menu from inside Windows, though.   
      
   >   
   > On the Test Machine, you have to press the key one more   
   > time after the screen changes. Otherwise, it might not register   
   > all the presses you made before the screen changes.   
   >   
   > The MSI motherboard puts up a text string admitting "Boot Menu"   
   > is incoming. So you can stop hammering the key once you see   
   > that. That's at least a little bit of feedback.   
      
   Right.   
      
   >   
   > Give them a couple more decades, the experience could be real smooth.   
   >   
   >     Paul   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
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