| Almost all new 'clone' systems
today allow you to enter the CMOS/BIOS
by either pressing the 'Delete'
or 'F1' key. You will be prompted
when first turning on or booting
up the computer for the proper key
to enter. If you have an older system
or laptop some of the following
may help you to enter the BIOS. |
|
| Mainboarddistributor |
Keystrokes
|
| AMI,
AWARD |
Del |
| AST
Advantage, Award, Tandon |
Ctrl+Alt+Esc |
| Compaq |
F10 |
| Compaq,
Epson, IBM, Toshiba, 286er |
Setupdisk |
| Dell |
twice
Reset |
| Dell |
Alt+Return |
| General |
Ctrl+Esc |
| General |
Ctrl+Alt+"+"
Or CTRL+ALT+Enter |
| IBM
APTIVA BIOS |
Press
both mouse buttons repeatedly during the
boot |
| IBM
PS/2s |
Ins |
| IBM
ThinkPad (Early Models) |
Press
CTRL+ALT+INS when cursor is in upper-right
corner of screen |
| IBM
ThinkPad (Later Models) |
Press
and hold F1 key while powering-up laptop |
| IBM
ThinkPad using Phoenix BIOS |
Press
CTRL+ALT+F11 from DOS prompt |
| NEC |
F2 |
| NEC
Versa Notebooks |
F1 |
| Olivetti
PC Pro |
Ctrl+Shift+Alt+Del(num.Keypad) |
| Packard
Bell |
Early
models (386,486) require the sequence
Ctrl+ALT+S at any time |
| Phoenix |
Ctrl+Alt+S |
| Phoenix |
Ctrl+S |
| some
PS/2-Models |
Alt+"?" |
| some
PS/2-Models |
Ctrl+Ins |
| Tandon
386er |
Ctrl+Shift+Esc |
| Toshiba |
ESC |
| Toshiba
Notebooks |
Hold
down the left shift key during boot |
| Toshiba,
Phoenix and later models from Late model
PS/1 Value Point and 330s |
F1 |
| Zenith,
Phoenix |
Ctrl+Alt+Ins |
