This list of BIOS access keyboard commands
Acer
Apire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos
|
Press Del or F2 immediately
after powering on. |
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The Acer Veriton L480G uses F12. |
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The BIOS on the Acer Altos 600 server uses the Ctrl+Alt+Esc key
and the F1 key
for advanced options. |
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Older Acer computers may use also use the F1 or Ctrl+Alt+Esc keys
to access BIOS. |
Compaq
Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable
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Press F10 while
the cursor in the top right corner of the screen is blinking. |
|
Older Compaq computers may use the F1, F2, F10,
or Del key
to give access to BIOS. |
Dell
XPS, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude. OptiPlex, Precision, Vostro
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Press F12
or F2 when
the Dell logo
appears. Press every few seconds until the messageEntering
Setup appears. |
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Older Dell desktops and laptops may instead use Ctrl+Alt+Enter or Del to
enter BIOS. |
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Older Dell laptops may use Fn+Esc or Fn+F1. |
eMachines
eMonster, eTower, eOne, S-Series, T-Series
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Press Tab or Del while
the eMachine logo displays on screen. |
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Other eMachine computers may use F2 to
enter BIOS. |
Fujitsu
LifeBook, Esprimo, Amilo, Tablet, DeskPower
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Press F2 once
the Fujitsu logo appears. |
Gateway
DX, FX, One, GM, GT, GX, Profile, Astro
|
Press the F1 key
repeatedly after restarting the computer. |
|
Some older Gateway computers use F2 to
access the BIOS Setup utility. |
Hewlett-Packard (HP)
Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet
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Press the F1, F10,
or F11 key
after restarting the computer. |
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HP Tablet PCs may use F10 or F12. |
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Other HP computers may allow access to BIOS using the F2 or Esc keys. |
IBM
PC, XT, AT
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Press F1 immediately
after powering on the computer. |
|
Older IBM computers (including some laptops) may utilize the F2 key
for BIOS entry. |
Lenovo (formerly IBM)
ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation
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Press F1 or F2 after
powering on the computer. |
|
Older Lenovo products allow access to BIOS using Ctrl+Alt+F3, Ctrl+Alt+Ins,
or Fn+F1. |
Micron (MPC Computers)
ClientPro, TransPort
|
Press F1, F2 or Del immediately
after powering on the PC. |
NEC
PowerMate, Versa, W-Series
|
Press F2 to
enter the BIOS Setup. |
Packard Bell
8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia,
iextreme
|
Press F1, F2,
or Del to
enter BIOS. |
Samsung
Series 'x' laptops
|
Press F2 to
start the BIOS setup utility. |
Sharp
Notebook Laptops, Actius UltraLite
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Press F2 after
the computer starts. |
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Some very old Sharp PCs require a Setup Diagnostics Disk to
access BIOS. |
Shuttle
Glamor G-Series, D'vo, Prima P2-Series, Workstation, X Mini XPC,
Surveillance
|
Press F2 or Del on
startup. |
Sony
VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series
|
Press F1, F2 or F3 after
turning on the computer. |
Toshiba
Portégé, Satellite, Tecra, Equium
|
Press F1 or Esc after
powering on to access BIOS. |
|
Press F12 on
a Toshiba Equium. |