How to access your Pantera Pico PC’s BIOS/UEFI settings

I was  dismayed to find that there is no simple way to bypass Windows right at first startup.  There was no way to say no when asked if  the user agrees to the Windows licence.  I do not.  Have never used windows.  On all my other Linux systems over the last 25 years it has been simple enough to start from the bare metal and install a Linux distribution.  There was always a key like Delete or F11 to allow immediate access to the BIOS, disable secure boot and install from a USB device.  Is there really no way to bypass the Windows setup?

Found that even with Windows removed  and Linux installed the boot menu contains an entry for the BIOS, so all is well.  Though maybe not quite.  Without Windows it is impossible to install BIOS firmware updates.

@tarazed This is really annoying. Some documents say it should be DELETE key although I can't get it to work.

@nickganga I just used a combination of F1, F2 and Delete.   I pretty much try that with every motherboard if there's no pause and with the exception of the odd board that uses one of F10-F12 it seems ok.   Maybe turn of fast boot to give you more time when you do get into bios.

HOWEVER, once the windows circle starts up, it's too late, so you want to be pressing those keys from power on.

In my case Windows has been wiped out, almost, overlaid with a Linux OS and I managed to get past the gatekeeper by building the bootloader without searching for other OS.  Fortunately there is an entry in the menu which gives access to the BIOS (where that comes from I have no idea).  That has to do for me.

I have a problem with the SSD that it's not accesible and the computer on start goes straight away to BIOS and makes a loop until selected a valid device to start, in my case a USB-SSD with preloaded windows 10 Pro x64.

but no the case, I manage to access to BIOS without windows interfacing pressing ESC right after pressing the power button.

I don't know if it will work on another PCs but with mine worked before I had the problem with the SSD and also now too.

Posted by: @corsair

I have a problem with the SSD that it's not accesible and the computer on start goes straight away to BIOS and makes a loop until selected a valid device to start, in my case a USB-SSD with preloaded windows 10 Pro x64.

I have the same problem, the SSD NVMe is not selectable in the boot priority section.