ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. ® PC / PCI
F2
ALR PC non / PCI
CTRL+ALT+ESC
AMD® BIOS
F1
AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.) BIOS
DEL
Award™ BIOS
CTRL+ALT+ESC
Award BIOS
DEL
DTK® (Datatech Enterprises Co.) BIOS
ESC
Phoenix™ BIOS
CTRL+ALT+ESC
Phoenix BIOS
CTRL+ALT+S
Phoenix BIOS
CTRL+ALT+INS
Acer®
F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC
ARI®
CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
AST®
CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
Compaq® 8700
F10
CompUSA®
DEL
Cybermax®
ESC
Dell BIOS web site search links
For models not listed below
Dell 400
F3, F1
Dell 4400
F12
Dell Dimension®
F2 or DEL
Dell Inspiron®
F2
Dell Latitude
Fn+F1 (while booted)
Dell Latitude
F2 (on boot)
Dell Optiplex
DEL
F2
Dell Precision™
F2
eMachine®
DEL , F 2
Gateway® 2000 1440
F1
Gateway 2000 Solo™
F2
HP® (Hewlett-Packard)
F1, F2 (Laptop, ESC
IBM®
F1
E-pro Laptop
F2
IBM PS/2®
CTRL+ALT+INS after CTRL+ALT+DEL
IBM Thinkpad® (newer
Windows: Programs-Thinkpad CFG.
Intel® Tangent
DEL
Lenovo(formerly IBM)
Lenovo BIOS Access page
Micron®
F1, F2, or DEL
Packard Bell®
F1, F2, Del
Seanix
DEL
Sony® VAIO
F2
Sony VAIO
F3
Tiger
DEL
Toshiba® 335 CDS
ESC
Toshiba Protege
ESC
Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS
F1
Toshiba Tecra
ESC then F1 or F2
Toshiba Notebook [Newer models]
1. Turn on computer by Holding down power button while pressing the ESC key.
The machine will beep, then display:
Check System, then press [F1] key.
2. Release ESC key
3. Press F1 key