BIOS Setup

Acer DX, FX, One, GM, GT, GX, Profile, Astro Packard Bell
Apire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos 8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia,
 Press Del or F2 immediately after powering on.  Press the F1 key repeatedly after restarting the
iextreme
 The Acer Veriton L480G uses F12. computer.
 The BIOS on the Acer Altos 600 server uses the  Some older Gateway computers use F2 to access the  Press F1, F2, or Del to enter BIOS.
Ctrl+Alt+Esc key and the F1 key for advanced BIOS Setup utility.
options.
Samsung
 Older Acer computers may use also use the F1 or Hewlett-Packard (HP) Series 'x' laptops
Ctrl+Alt+Esc keys to access BIOS.
Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet

Compaq
 Press F2 to start the BIOS setup utility.
Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable  Press the F1, F10, or F11 key after restarting the
computer.
Sharp
 HP Tablet PCs may use F10 or F12. Notebook Laptops, Actius UltraLite
 Press F10 while the cursor in the top right corner of the  Other HP computers may allow access to BIOS using
screen is blinking. the F2 or Esc keys.
 Older Compaq computers may use the F1, F2, F10, or  Press F2 after the computer starts.
Del key to give access to BIOS.  Some very old Sharp PCs require a Setup Diagnostics
IBM Disk to access BIOS.
PC, XT, AT
Dell
XPS, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude. OptiPlex, Precision, Vostro Shuttle
 Press F1 immediately after powering on the computer. Glamor G-Series, D'vo, Prima P2-Series, Workstation, X Mini
 Older IBM computers (including some laptops) may XPC, Surveillance
 Press F2 when the Dell logo appears. Press every few utilize the F2 key for BIOS entry.
seconds until the message Entering Setup appears.
 Older Dell desktops and laptops may instead use  Press F2 or Del on startup.
Ctrl+Alt+Enter or Del to enter BIOS. Lenovo (formerly IBM)
ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation
 Older Dell laptops may use Fn+Esc or Fn+F1. Sony
VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series
eMachines  Press F1 or F2 after powering on the computer.
eMonster, eTower, eOne, S-Series, T-Series  Older Lenovo products allow access to BIOS using
 Press F1, F2 or F3 after turning on the computer.
Ctrl+Alt+F3, Ctrl+Alt+Ins, or Fn+F1.

 Press Tab or Del while the eMachine logo displays on Toshiba

screen. Micron (MPC Computers) Portégé, Satellite, Tecra, Equium
ClientPro, TransPort
 Other eMachine computers may use F2 to enter BIOS.

 Press F1 or Esc after powering on to access BIOS.

 Press F1, F2 or Del immediately after powering on the
Fujitsu
PC.  Press F12 on a Toshiba Equium.
LifeBook, Esprimo, Amilo, Tablet, DeskPower

NEC
 Press F2 once the Fujitsu logo appears.
PowerMate, Versa, W-Series

Gateway
 Press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup.