Chuwi Hi10 boot order

[Chris G]

Normally you hit enter on it and then move the item you want to boot first, for example, the Windows Boot Manager.

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[Bertel Schmitt]

Hi, Chris

Thanks for the quick turn-around. I’m on the other side of the globe, and  could not reply earlier.

You are right, “normally you hit enter on it and then move the item you want to boot first, for example, the Windows Boot Manager.” However, with the Chuwi Hi10, matters seem to be far from normal.

First, let’s establish what “should” happen:

• In the BIOS, go into boot options
• Select Boot Option #1, hit return
• In the following dialog, select what should be booted with first priority, hit return
• What was used in the prior step now shows up as Boot Option #1
• Save and exit. On a reboot, the computer will try booting from Option #1, and if that fails, move to the other options
• Additionally, in most modern AMI BIOSes, the boot option priorities themselves can be changed by selecting one of them, and then by using keyboard + / – .
• The finer points of the UI can change from BIOS to BIOS, but the above covers the general operation .

 

Now, let’s go into the Chuwi Hi10 plus BIOS by hitting the usual DEL during boot.

• I select the “BOOT” Tab, and see that under “FIXED BOOT ORDER Priorities,” the “Boot Option #1” is set to “USB Lan.” (When the USB network IF is plugged in, this changes to “USB LAN: UEFI USB USB Network card.) I want to change the option to boot from hard disk.
• I select “Boot Option #1” and hit RETURN. A dialog opens.
• I select the desired “Hard Disk: Windows Boot Manager” and hit RETURN.
• Nothing happens. “Boot Option #1” is still set to “USB Lan.”
• The sidebar of the BIOS says “+/-: Change Opt.” so I try that.
• I select “Boot Option #1” and hit +/-. Nothing happens.
• As this is unsuccessful, I move down to the (rather unusual) “Boot Option Priorities.”
• I hit “Boot Option #1.” A dialog opens.
• I select the desired “Hard Disk: Windows Boot Manager” and hit RETURN.
• This is more promising. Now, “Boot Option #1” shows as “Hard Disk: Windows Boot Manager”
• Alternatively, I can set the priority with +/- as mentioned above.
• I hit F4 to save and exit.
• But after I do that, the dreaded PXE boot reappears. Subsequent reboots trigger the PXE boot error.
• After booting into the BIOS, I see that the “Boot Option Priorities” HAVE NOT changed.
• Suspecting a problem with BIOS option persistence, I change other options. They get saved and survive a reboot.

Quite apparently, there seems to be a problem with the BIOS changing/preserving its boot order, or possibly, it has been disabled . The above is not the expected behavior.

During experimentation, I have, however, found a work-around for my particular problem: In the BIOS, “Advanced” tab, under “Network Stack Configuration,” I can disable PXE support, or disable the stack altogether.

I definitely have no need for PXE, and I also don’t need network support during boot. Disabling either, or both, solved my problem.

Yet, this is only a work-around, and it doesn’t solve the problem of not being able to persistently change the boot order. I have tried to leave a message on the Chuwi board, but I can’t: It won’t send me the registration email, and without confirmed registration, no posting on the board…..

[Brad]

Often the F6 Function key moves the selected item up in the BIOS settings boot order list.  So if that works, just move others above the PXE one.
If that doesn’t work try hitting the F7 Function key early in the boot sequence (eg., when/if you see the Chuwi logo displayed).
On many machines F7 brings up a menu to choose the boot device.  If it’s not F7 on your Chuwi maybe it’s another key.

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[Bertel Schmitt]

It would help if suggestions are made with the computer in question at your disposal. F6 has no function in the BIOS.   As far as F7 goes, I have mentioned in my original post that this is not an F7 matter. “No, this is not a matter of F7, F7 allows you to boot from a device that does not have boot priority. I need the permanent solution offered by all BIOSes.”

[Tolis Oug]

i have the windows only version of the tablet and i would gladly exchange it for the dual boot version but its a hasle

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