The following are various key presses and methods to get in to the BIOS
- Advent Press F9
- ASUS:
- shift and f2
- BIOS entry … Press start .. hold F2 down … should go straight in
- Acer: Ctrl+Alt+Esc
- ALR PC: (F2) or (Ctrl)(Alt)Esc)
- AMI BIOS: (Del), (F1) or (F2)
- AST, Advantage, Award, Tandon: Ctrl + Alt + Esc
- Award BIOS: (Del) or (Ctrl)(Alt)(Esc)
- Compaq: (F10) (do this when the cursor is in the upper right corner of the screen blinking)
- Dell
- F1
- Del
- Some require pressing reset twice
- Ctrl + Alt + Enter
- DTK BIOS: (Esc)
- Gateway 2000: F1
- Hewlett Packard: F1
- IBM:
- Older Models - In order to get into the configuration of the IBM setup screen (CMOS) screen you need to hold down both mouse buttons during bootup.
- Aptiva: Press F1
- IBM PS/2: (Ctrl)(Alt)(Ins) after (Ctrl)(Alt)(Del)
- IBM PS/2 with reference partition: Press Ins during boot
- Some PS/2s, such as 75 and 90: Ctrl Alt ?
- Some PS/2s when pointer at top right of screen: Ctrl + Ins
- NEC: F2
- Lenovo (YOGA 500) - There is a special hardware button to press, see here
- Packard Bell: F1 or F2
- Phoenix BIOS
- (F1), (F2), or (Ctrl)(Alt)(Esc)
- Ctrl Alt S
- Ctrl S
- Ctrl Alt Ins
- Sharp Laptop 9020: F2
- Sony
- (F3) while you are starting the PC, then (F2) or (F1)
- When the laptop is off, press and hold the ASSIST button, the laptop will power on to the relevant screen to select the bios
- Power on the computer while pressing the ASSIST button
- Press and hold the F2 key before pressing the power button.
- Press and hold the F3 key before pressing the power button.
- Turn on laptop and tap F2 before windows loads
- Tandon computers: - Hold down the key after turning on power
- Tandon: Ctrl + Shift + Esc
- Toshiba
- Press Esc and then F1
- Toshiba Laptops: - Toshiba Utility
- Press Esc during boot
- Toshiba, Phoenix, late model PS/1 Value Point and 330s: - Press F1 during boot
- Olivetti PC Pro: - Shift Ctrl Alt + Num Pad Del
- Zenith: Ctrl Alt Ins
Miscellaneous PC's: Ctrl + Esc or Ctrl and Alt and +