New Thinkpad E330 - cannot access BIOS

Hi all

Starting today, I am the proud owner of a new Thinkpad Edge E330. I really the device and think it's a great buy!

However,...

The device comes with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit installed. And I wanted to run Ubuntu 12.04 in a Setup to dual-boot with it, I had plent of expierence that and it shouldn't take more than an hour to get there. Right?

Well, no. When I took out my USB with laptop computer started in Windows install Ubuntu. Again, no problem, I should just put the USB device as my primary boot device in the bios.

And that's when things go wrong. At the start I noticed the startup screen, saying: "press ENTER FOR AVORTER START NORMAL."

So I did and I got a window saying press F1 to start the configuration of the BIOS.

I press F1 and there I get a FLASHING CURSOR.

And nothing... He stayed there... Same thing with the other options in the menu I get when you press on enter, they all give me a blinking cursor...

I tried from the BIOS without pressing enter first and just hit F1 for a few times. However, it comes also with a blinking cursor...

What do guys? I'm a little disappointed that my brand new laptop can't do something 'normal' as simple as changing the boot priority...

I already searched the forums and the internet to people with the same problem, but they never seem to match my problem and seem to be related to problems of Windows 8... I got Windows 7 though...

I would appreciate help! I bought the laptop in an online store, so going back is not as simple as that...

Looking forward to your help!

I'm not familiar with the E330, but on some systems of edge of the Fn button is set as "always there" as a default setting.  What happens if you press Fn + F1, the same?

And just in case, ensure that you have detached from your USB key.

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