BIOS Hot Keys

The following is a list of BIOS start up key list by manufacturer.

BIOS Computer Key Command(s)

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

 If all else fails, hold down the space bar during startup. This should halt the machine and allow the customer to enter the startup key. The computer will display the BIOS key option.

IBM Thinkpad
300  350  500,510	Enter setup by pressing CTRL+Alt+F3 from a DOS prompt (you must be in DOS mode, not a DOS session under Windows).
310,315  310E/ED  315ED	BIOS Utility is entered by holding F2 while the ThinkPad logo is displayed after power on.
365C/CS  365CD/CSD  365E/ED	Enter setup by pressing CTRL+Alt+F11 from a DOS prompt (you must be in DOS mode, not a DOS session under Windows).
365X/XD	With the unit powered off, hold the F1 key and power the unit on. Keep F1 held down until Easy setup appears
360,355 series  380,385 series  560 series  600 series  701C/CS  75x series  76x series  770 series	With the unit powered off, hold the F1 key and power the unit on. Keep F1 held down until Easy setup appears. Note: On the TP 701, you can also access the Configuration area on BIOS by pressing the FN+F1 keys.
240  390  570 i Series 1200 i Series 1300 i Series 1400  i Series 1500  i Series 172x A20 T20	Pressing F1 during startup when the ThinkPad logo is displayed.
700/C  720/C	Pressing CTRL+ALT+INS when the cursor moves over to the upper right hand side of the screen right after the memory count.
710T  730T	Hold the suspend/resume switch while powering on the computer.