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Common
BIOS Entry Hot Key Commands. |
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Here are some common PC Hardware BIOS entry key commands;
BIOS Hot Keys
The following is a
list of BIOS start up key list by manufacturer.
BIOS Computer Key Command(s)
|
Acer® |
F1,
F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC
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|
AST® |
CTRL+ALT+ESC
or CTRL+ALT+DEL
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|
Cannon |
F1 |
| Castex |
DEL |
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Compaq® |
(Red Compaq Logo Screen) F10 |
|
CompUSA®
|
DEL
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Cybermax® |
ESC
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|
Dell® |
Delete key
Dell Dimensions 4100 - 8100 tap the
F2 key at blue Dell screen
- Dell 400 F1
- Dell Dimension® F2 or DEL
- Dell
Inspiron® F2
- Dell Latitude Fn+F1 (while booted)
- Dell Latitude F2 (on
boot)
- Dell Optiplex DEL
- Dell Optiplex F2
- Dell Precision™ F2
|
| Digital |
F2 |
|
eMachine™ |
DEL
|
| Enpower
(laptop) |
Ctrl+alt+s |
|
Gateway® |
(F1 or F2)
2000 1440 F1 Gateway 2000 Solo™ F2
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|
HP®
(Hewlett-Packard)
|
F1, F2,
Del or F1 (at blue screen) Esc or F10 |
|
Hewlett Packard (Pavillion Notebook) |
F2 (Insyde BIOS) or F10 |
| IBM (Aptiva) |
F1 |
|
IBM® |
F1 IBM E-pro Laptop F2 IBM
PS/2® CTRL+ALT+INS after
CTRL+ALT+DEL
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|
IBM Thinkpad® (newer) Windows: |
Programs-Thinkpad CFG.
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|
Intel® |
Tangent
DEL
|
| Leading Edge |
Ctrl+alt+s |
|
Micron™ |
F1, F2,
or DEL
|
| NEC |
F1 or F2 |
|
Packard
Bell® |
F1, F2, Del
(After Packard Bell start up screen) F1 or F2 |
| Quantex |
Del key |
|
Sony® VIAO |
(After Sony start up screen) F2 then hit
F1 |
| Sharp |
F2 |
|
Tiger |
DEL
|
| Toshiba |
XP Laptops:
From the desktop, click Start>>All
Programs/Programs>>TOSHIBA Console>>TOSHIBA
Console |
| Toshiba
Portable PC(Phoenix) |
Press the [F2] key while the system
processes its Power
On Self Test (POST). |
| Toshiba |
Rebooting press ESC and F1 to enter the
BIOS setup |
|
Toshiba® |
335
CDS ESC
- Toshiba Protege ESC
- Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS F1
- Toshiba Tecra F1 or ESC
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If all else fails, hold down the
space bar during startup. This should halt the machine and allow the
customer to enter the startup key. The computer will display the
BIOS key option.
|
IBM Thinkpad |
300
350
500,510 |
Enter setup by pressing
CTRL+Alt+F3 from a DOS prompt (you must be in DOS mode,
not a DOS session under Windows). |
310,315
310E/ED
315ED |
BIOS Utility is entered by holding
F2 while the ThinkPad logo is displayed after
power on. |
365C/CS
365CD/CSD
365E/ED |
Enter setup by pressing
CTRL+Alt+F11 from a DOS prompt (you must be in DOS
mode, not a DOS session under Windows). |
| 365X/XD |
With the unit powered off, hold the
F1 key and power the unit on. Keep F1 held down
until Easy setup appears |
360,355 series
380,385 series
560 series
600 series
701C/CS
75x series
76x series
770 series |
With the unit powered off, hold the
F1 key and power the unit on. Keep F1 held down
until Easy setup appears.
Note: On the TP 701, you can also access the
Configuration area on BIOS by pressing the FN+F1
keys. |
240
390
570
i Series 1200
i Series 1300
i Series 1400
i Series 1500
i Series 172x
A20
T20 |
Pressing F1 during
startup when the ThinkPad logo is displayed. |
700/C
720/C |
Pressing CTRL+ALT+INS
when the cursor moves over to the upper right hand side
of the screen right after the memory count. |
710T
730T |
Hold the suspend/resume switch
while powering on the computer. |
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