Cannot access BIOS on a Lenovo U410

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Published on 2012-10-17T03:58:33Z Indexed on 2012/10/17 5:25 UTC
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I recently took a step into Linux on my Lenovo Idea pad U410; after a couple hours I managed to get it installed with the drivers. However now I no longer have the ability to access the BIOS. I tried the usual FN+F2, F2,F1,Del,Tab,F12,F11; all to no avail. I was wondering is there something different to be done running Ubuntu? I know that the BIOS would generally not be affected by the OS.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

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