How to Access / enter motherboard bios
The information below can be used to access the BIOS from all the major suppliers of BIOS chips and the Computer Manufacturers that use them.
During the initial boot of a computer the BIOS supplier will be displayed. If OEM logo splash screen is displayed, press ESC key to see the boot up information. Press the Pause/Break key if text displays too fast.
The major BIOS suppliers are listed below and can be used to search for special BIOS updates not supplied by the Computer vendor.*
During the initial boot, if a beep or combinations of beeps is emitted from the motherboard system speaker , the system speaker must be connected to mother board to hear beep codes )[consult motherboard manual for speaker connection configuration].
Warning: Making changes to BIOS settings can have adverse effects on the way a computer performs. Use caution when performing BIOS modifications.
Bios Suppliers - Keyboard Commands
ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. ® PC / PCI-F2
ALR PC non / PCI-CTRL+ALT+ESC
AMD® (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) 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
Computer Vendor - Keyboard Commands
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® 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
Dell Optiplex -F2
Dell Precision™-F2
eMachine®-DEL ,F2
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
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-F1 o#F1EFA5r ESC
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
