Bios Entry Keys

Here's a list of the most common BIOS entry keys for different computer manufacturers. However, if you have a custom built computer, the DEL key is what you're looking for.

Acer® F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC

AST® CTRL+ALT+ESC or CTRL+ALT+DEL

Cannon F1

Castex DEL

Compaq® (Red Compaq Logo Screen) F10

CompUSA® DEL

Cybermax® ESC

Dell® Delete key

Dell Dimensions 4100 - 8100 tap the F2 key at blue Dell screen

Dell 400 F1

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

Digital F2

eMachine™ DEL

Enpower (laptop) Ctrl+alt+s

Gateway® (F1 or F2) 2000 1440 F1 Gateway 2000 Solo™ F2

HP® (Hewlett-Packard) F1, F2, Del or F1 (at blue screen) Esc or F10

Hewlett Packard (Pavillion Notebook) F2 (Insyde BIOS) or F10

IBM (Aptiva) F1

IBM® F1 IBM E-pro Laptop F2 IBM PS/2® CTRL+ALT+INS after

CTRL+ALT+DEL

IBM Thinkpad® (newer) Windows: Programs-Thinkpad CFG.

Intel® Tangent DEL

Leading Edge Ctrl+alt+s

Micron™ F1, F2, or DEL

NEC F1 or F2

Packard Bell® F1, F2, Del (After Packard Bell start up screen) F1 or F2

Quantex Del key

Sony® VIAO (After Sony start up screen) F2 then hit F1

Sharp F2

Tiger DEL

Toshiba XP Laptops: From the desktop, click Start>>All Programs/Programs>>TOSHIBA Console>>TOSHIBA Console

Toshiba Portable PC(Phoenix) Press the [F2] key while the system processes its Power On Self Test (POST).

Toshiba Rebooting press ESC and F1 to enter the BIOS setup

Toshiba® 335 CDS ESC

Toshiba Protege ESC

Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS F1

Toshiba Tecra F1 or ESC

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