HOW TO BOOT ANY PC INTO BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Are you having trouble getting into your computer's BIOS setup utility? If you've tried the basic steps for accessing your computer's BIOS and haven't had much luck, then look no further for you have come to the right place.

There are so many computer manufacturers out there and each one seems to have their own idea when it comes to assigning a key sequence to enter BIOS. Sometimes, there tend to be variations between different products of the same company when it comes to the method of getting into a PC's BIOS.

Below is a list of known BIOS access keyboard commands for computers so you can check below if your PC model is listed below.

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ACER

Apire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos

>>Press Del or F2 immediately after powering on.
>>The Acer Veriton L480G uses F12.
>>The BIOS on the Acer Altos 600 server uses the Ctrl + Alt + Esc key and the F1 key for advanced options.
>>Older Acer computers may use also use the F1 or Ctrl + Alt + Esc keys to access BIOS.

COMPAQ

Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable

>>Press F10 while the cursor in the top right corner of the screen is blinking.
>>Older Compaq computers may use the F1, F2, F10, or Del key to give access to BIOS.

DELL

XPS, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude. OptiPlex, Precision, Vostro

>>Press F2 when the Dell logo appears. Press every few seconds until the message Entering Setup appears.
>>Older Dell desktops and laptops may instead use Ctrl + Alt + Enter or Del to enter BIOS.
>>Older Dell laptops may use Fn + Esc or Fn + F1.

E MACHINES

eMonster, eTower, eOne, S-Series, T-Series

 >>Press Tab or Del while the eMachine logo displays on screen.
 >>Other eMachine computers may use F2 to enter BIOS.

FUJITSU

LifeBook, Esprimo, Amilo, Tablet, DeskPower

>>Press F2 once the Fujitsu logo appears.

GATEWAY

DX, FX, One, GM, GT, GX, Profile, Astro

>>Press the F1 key repeatedly after restarting the computer.
>>Some older Gateway computers use F2 to access the BIOS Setup utility.

HEWLETT PACKARD (HP)

Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet, Notebook.

>>Press the F1, F10, or F11 key after restarting the computer.
>>HP Tablet PCs may use F10 or F12.
>>Other HP computers allow access to BIOS using the F2 or Esc keys.

IBM

PC, XT, AT

>>Press F1 immediately after powering on the computer.
>>Older IBM computers (including some laptops) may utilize the F2 key for BIOS entry.

LENOVO (FORMALLY IBM)

ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation

>>Press F1 or F2 after powering on the computer.
>>Older Lenovo products allow access to BIOS using Ctrl + Alt + F3, Ctrl + Alt + Ins, or Fn + F1.

MICRON (MPC COMPUTERS)

ClientPro, TransPort

>>Press F1, F2 or Del immediately after powering on the PC.

NEC

PowerMate, Versa, W-Series

>>Press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup.

PACKARD BELL

8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia, iextreme

 >>Press F1, F2, or Del to enter BIOS.

SAMSUNG

Series 'x' laptops

>>Press F2 to start the BIOS setup utility.

SHARP

Notebook Laptops, Actius UltraLite

>>Press F2 after the computer starts.
>>Some very old Sharp PCs require a Setup Diagnostics Disk to access BIOS.

SHUTTLE

Glamor G-Series, D'vo, Prima P2-Series, Workstation, X Mini XPC, Surveillance

>>Press F2 or Del on start up.

SONY

VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series

>>Press F1, F2 or F3 after turning on the computer.

TOSHIBA

Portégé, Satellite, Tecra, Equium

>>Press F1 or Esc after powering on to access BIOS.
>>Press F12 on a Toshiba Equium.

NOTE: The following companies are either closed for business or no longer manufacture or support mainstream computers systems so verifying the following BIOS access information is almost impossible.

ARI / ALR / AST (ADVANTAGE)
>>Press the Ctrl + Alt + Esc or Ctrl + Alt + Del keys.

CYBERMAX
>> Press the Esc key.

TANDON
Press the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys.

MEDION
>>Use the Del key.

If you have any additional BIOS access information, if you encounter any challenge while using any of the BIOS keys or if you find a mistake, please let us know in comment section below.