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<\/p>\nTwo of the most common functions why you might access your system’s BIOS are changing the boot order to allow a CD\/USB or other device to boot before a hard drive or supplying a security password to lock your computer.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, the BIOS and the way we access the BIOS is far from standardized. Any of the following keyboard keys can invoke the BIOS (sometimes referred to as system setup): F1, F2, F10, F12, Del, Esc, or Ins. Once in the BIOS, you must use the keyboard to navigate the menus and change the settings. Again, this isn’t standardized either and there are at least a dozen implementations of the BIOS interface.<\/p>\n
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Here’s a list of the ways and access keys to press to access BIOS Setup Utility on variety of popular OEM computer systems, motherboard makers and major BIOS brands. Note that some BIOS or computer systems may have more than one method of accessing BIOS depending on when the BIOS is released.<\/p>\n
Acer (Aspire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos)<\/strong>: Press [F2] or [Del] Immediately After Power Up Miscellaneous and Other Common BIOS Key Sequences:<\/strong><\/p>\n [Ctrl]+[Esc] Two of the most common functions why you might access your system’s BIOS are changing the boot order to allow a CD\/USB or other device to boot before a hard drive or supplying a security password to lock your computer. Unfortunately, the BIOS and the way we access the BIOS is far from standardized. Any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[447,446],"class_list":["post-1041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks","tag-access-computer-bios","tag-bios-key"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1041"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1043,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1041\/revisions\/1043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.top-password.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAcer (Altos 600 Server)<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] or [F1] During Boot (for Advanced Options)
\nAcer (Older PC)<\/strong>: Press [F1] or [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] to Access BIOS
\nAMI (American Megatrends AMIBIOS, AMI BIOS)<\/strong>: Press [Delete] During Boot
\nAMI
\nAMI (American Megatrends AMIBIOS, AMI BIOS) \u2013 Old Version<\/strong>: Press [F1] or [F2] During Boot
\nAward BIOS (AwardBIOS)<\/strong>: Press [Del] After Powering Up Computer
\nAward BIOS (AwardBIOS) \u2013 Old Version <\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] During Boot
\nALR<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] or [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] During Boot
\nARI<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] or [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del] During Boot
\nAST Advantage<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] During Boot
\nCompaq (Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable)<\/strong>: Press [F10] When Blinking Cursor Jumps To Top Right Corner of Screen
\nCompaq (Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable)<\/strong>: Press [F10] When Logo Screen Is Displayed
\nCompaq (Older Computers)<\/strong>: Press [F1], [F2], [F10], or [Del] Key
\nCybermax<\/strong>: Press [Esc] Key
\nDell (XPS, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude. OptiPlex, Precision, Vostro)<\/strong>: Press F2 When Dell Logo Is Displayed Until “Entering Setup” Appears
\nDell (Older 486 Models)<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Enter] During Boot
\nDell (Some Models)<\/strong>: Press Reset Button Twice (i.e. Power Reset Button)
\nDell Dimension L566cx System<\/strong>: Press [Del]
\nDell (Older Laptop Models) <\/strong>: Press [Fn]+[Esc] or [Fn]+[F1]
\nDTK (Datatech Enterprises)<\/strong>: Press [Esc] Key Right After Powering On the PC.
\nEISA Computer<\/strong>: Press the Reset button on the Front of the Computer, then Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc] immediately when the memory count begins or Press [Crtl]+[Alt]+[S].
\neMachines (eMonster, eTower, eOne, S-Series, T-Series)<\/strong>: Press [Tab] or [Del] During Boot
\neMachine (Some Older Computers)<\/strong>: Press [F2]
\nFujitsu (LifeBook, Esprimo, Amilo, Tablet, DeskPower)<\/strong>: Press [F2] When Fujitsu Logo Is Appearing.
\nGateway Using Phoenix BIOS (DX, FX, One, GM, GT, GX, Profile, Astro)<\/strong>: Press [F1]
\nGateway (Some Older PCs)<\/strong>: Press [F2]
\nHewlett-Parkard (HP Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet)<\/strong>: Press [F1] Upon Startup or Bootup
\nHewlett-Parkard (HP Alternative)<\/strong>: Press [F2] or [Esc]
\nHewlett-Parkard (HP) Tablet PC<\/strong>: Press [F10] or [F12]
\nIBM ThinkPad using IBM BIOS (Early Models)<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Ins] When Cursor Is At Upper-Right Corner of Screen
\nIBM ThinkPad using IBM BIOS (Later Models)<\/strong>: Press and Hold [F1] When Powering Up Laptop
\nIBM ThinkPad using Phoenix BIOS<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F11] from DOS Prompt
\nIBM PS\/1 (Late Models), PS\/ValuePoint and 330s<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[?]
\nIBM PS\/2 with Reference Partition<\/strong>: Press [Insert] During Boot
\nIBM PS\/2<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Ins] When Pointer Is At Top Right of Screen
\nIBM PS\/2<\/strong>: Need Reference Disk and ADF Disk for Setup
\nIBM PS\/2 75 and 90<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[?]
\nIBM (PC, XT, AT)<\/strong>: Press [F1] Immediately On Powering On the Computer
\nIBM (Older Computers or Notebooks)<\/strong>: Press [F2]
\nLenovo (ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation)<\/strong>: Press [F1] or [F2] on Boot Up
\nLenovo (Older Products)<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F3], [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Ins] or [Fn]+[F1].
\nMicroid Research MR BIOS<\/strong>: Press [F1]
\nMicron (MPC Computers ClientPro, TransPort)<\/strong>: Press [F1], [F2] or [Del] On Startup
\nNEC (PowerMate, Versa, W-Series)<\/strong>: Press [F2] During Boot
\nNEC Versa Notebook<\/strong>: Press and Hold Down [F1] Upon Startup or Bootup
\nOlivetti PC Pro<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Shift]+[Del](in Num Pad) During Boot
\nPackard Bell (8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia, iextreme)<\/strong>: Press [F1], [F2], or [Del].
\nPackard Bell (Early 386 and 486 Dodels)<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[S] Sequence
\nPhoenix BIOS (Phoenix-Award BIOS)<\/strong>: Press [Del] During Power On Self-Test
\nPhoenix BIOS (Phoenix-Award BIOS) \u2013 Old Version<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[S], [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc], [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Ins] or [Ctrl]+[S] During Power On Boot Self-Test Right After Startup
\nSharp (Notebook Laptops, Actius UltraLite)<\/strong>: Press [F2] On Computer Starts
\nSharp (Old PCs)<\/strong>: Require Setup Diagnostics Disk to Access BIOS
\nShuttle (Glamor G-Series, D’vo, Prima P2-Series, Workstation, X Mini XPC, Surveillance)<\/strong>: Press [F2] or [Del] on System Startup
\nSony (VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series)<\/strong>: Press [F1], [F2] or [F3] After Turning On the Computer
\nSony Vaio 320 Series<\/strong>: Press [F2] During Boot
\nTandon 386<\/strong>: press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Esc]
\nTandon<\/strong>: press [Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Esc]
\nToshiba (Port\u00e9g\u00e9, Satellite, Tecra)<\/strong>: Press [Esc] During Boot
\nToshiba (Port\u00e9g\u00e9, Satellite, Tecra with Phoenix BIOS)<\/strong>: Press [F1] during Boot
\nZenith, Phoenix<\/strong>: Press [Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Ins] During Boot<\/p>\n
\n[Ctrl]+[Ins]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[+]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[F3]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Del]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[S]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Enter]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Ins]
\n[Ctrl]+[Alt]+[Esc]
\n[Ctrl]+[Shift]+[Esc]
\n[Tab]
\n[F1]
\n[F3]
\n[F4]
\n[F10]
\n[F12]
\n[Fn]+[Function Key]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"