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ACCESSING YOUR BIOS

The BIOS can be accessed during the period when your computer is performing it's Power On Self Test (POST). The BIOS will come up, begin testing the system, activate the VGA display, show its version number and often display the key combination used for access. Below is a table showing the more common BIOS manufacturers and the keystroke combinations used to get into them.

BIOS MANUFACTURER KEY COMBO DURING POST NOTES
AMI DELETE  
AWARD DELETE or CTRL+ALT+ESC  
PHOENIX F2
Used by HP products
PHOENIX (OLD) CTRL+ALT+ESC/CTRL+ALT+S Key combo only works from DOS
MICROID RESEARCH ESC Manufactures BIOS upgrades for existing boards
IBM F1 Makes their own BIOS for their computers.
COMPAQ F10 Proprietary to COMPAQ

 

 


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