I doubt that it is a bios issue. I would suggest that you try a different
distro first. They are free to download and burn from ISO and you can try as
many as you like.

Good distros to try might be Mint, Mandriva and openSuSE. All are well
supported and complete. I have had good luck with Mandriva working on tricky
graphics cards. Each distribution is unique and you cannot assume that
because they share the same kernel that you will get the same results as all
are on different development paths and specialize in different things.