Gone are the days of simply hitting the “del” key and knowing you would access the bios.
We were
trying to access a client in Harrogate s laptop to change the boot order.
For Toshiba Laptops its generally hit the F1 key
Full List:
Bios
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Keyboard Commands |
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bgcolor="#f1efa5">ALR
href="http://www.business.com/directory/computers_and_software/advanced_logic_research,_inc/" target="_top">
style="color: #33cccc;">Advanced Logic Research, Inc. |
style="BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #3366ff" width="306" valign="top" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F2 |
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style="color: #33cccc;">ALR PC non / PCI |
width="306" height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">CTRL+ALT+ESC |
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style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid" width="298" valign="top" bgcolor="#f1efa5">AMD® (
href="http://www.amd.com/" target="_top">Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. |
valign="top" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F1 |
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width="298" bgcolor="#ffffff">AMI (
style="color: #33cccc;">American Megatrends, Inc. |
style="BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #3366ff" width="306" height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">DEL |
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href="http://www.award-bios.com/" target="_top">Award™ BIOS |
bgcolor="#f1efa5">CTRL+ALT+ESC |
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height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">Award BIOS |
DEL | |
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href="http://www.dtk.at/" target="_top">DTK® (DatatechEnterprises Co.) BIOS |
height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">ESC |
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width="298" height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">Phoenix™ BIOS |
CTRL+ALT+ESC | |
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style="color: #33cccc;">Phoenix BIOS |
width="306" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">CTRL+ALT+S |
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| Phoenix BIOS |
style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #3366ff" width="306" height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">CTRL+ALT+INS |
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Computer Vendor |
height="45" valign="top" bgcolor="#d3c281"> Keyboard Commands |
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style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid" width="298" bgcolor="#f1efa5">Acer® |
bgcolor="#f1efa5">F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC |
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width="298">ARI® |
CTRL+ALT+ESC,
CTRL+ALT+DEL |
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href="http://ast.com/">AST® |
CTRL+ALT+ESC,
CTRL+ALT+DEL |
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href="http://www.compaq.com/">Compaq® 8700 |
style="color: #33cccc;">F10 |
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href="http://www.compusa.com/">CompUSA® |
DEL | |
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href="http://cybermax.com/">Cybermax® |
ESC | |
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href="http://search.dell.com/results.aspx?s=gen&c=us&l=en&cs=&cat=sup&k=bios">Dell BIOS web site search links |
For models not listed
below. |
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| Dell
400 |
F3, F1 | |
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style="color: #33cccc;">Dell 4400 |
width="306" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F12 |
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| Dell Dimension® | F2 or
DEL |
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| Dell Inspiron® |
height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F2 |
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width="298" height="23">Dell Latitude |
Fn+F1 (while
booted) |
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| Dell Latitude |
height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F2 (on boot) |
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width="298" height="23">Dell Optiplex |
DEL | |
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style="BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid" width="298" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">Dell Optiplex |
style="BORDER-LEFT: 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 1px; BORDER-RIGHT-COLOR: #3366ff" width="306" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F2 |
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| Dell
Precision™ |
height="23">F2 |
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bgcolor="#f1efa5">eMachine® |
DEL , F
2 |
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| Fujutsu Manuals
& BIOS |
title="Manual & BIOS Doenload" href="http://www.fujitsu.com/sg/services/computing/pc/support/manuals/" target="_top">Manuals & BIOS Download |
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bgcolor="#f1efa5">Gateway® 2000 1440 |
bgcolor="#f1efa5">F1 |
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height="23">Gateway 2000 Solo™ |
F2 | |
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href="http://www.hp.com/">HP® (Hewlett-Packard) |
bgcolor="#f1efa5">F1, F2 (Laptop, ESC) |
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width="298" height="23">IBM® |
F1 | |
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style="color: #33cccc;">E-pro Laptop |
width="306" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F2 |
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| IBM PS/2® | CTRL+ALT+INS after
CTRL+ALT+DEL |
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| IBM Thinkpad® (newer) |
bgcolor="#f1efa5">Windows: Programs-Thinkpad CFG. |
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| Intel®
style="color: #33cccc;"> Tangent |
height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">DEL |
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height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">
style="color: #33cccc;">Lenovo |
href="http://www.comprendo.co.uk/wordpress/wp-admin/lenovoBIOS.html" target="_top">Lenovo BIOS Access page |
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href="http://micron.com/">Micron® |
F1, F2, or
DEL |
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href="http://www.packardbell.com/">Packard Bell® |
bgcolor="#f1efa5">F1, F2, Del |
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height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">Seanix |
height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">DEL |
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width="298" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">Sony®
style="color: #33cccc;"> VAIO |
height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">F2 |
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width="298" height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">Sony VAIO |
F3 | |
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style="color: #33cccc;">Tiger |
height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">DEL |
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width="298" height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">Toshiba®
style="color: #33cccc;"> 335 CDS |
height="23" bgcolor="#ffffff">ESC |
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width="298" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">Toshiba Protege |
ESC | |
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style="color: #33cccc;">Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS |
F1 | |
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style="BORDER-BOTTOM: 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: 1px solid" width="298" height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">Toshiba Tecra |
height="23" bgcolor="#f1efa5">ESC then F1 or F2 |
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| Toshiba Notebook [Newer
models] |
width="306" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">1. Turn on computer by Holding down power button while pressing the ESC key. key |
If only we could convice our IT Support clients in Skipton, Harrogate, Ripon, York, leeds
to have one standardised laptop 