How to Boot to BIOS in Different Computers

By Michael | Last Updated January 03, 2024

Usually, when we boot up a computer, it will automatically first boot up a utility which will check the hardware and then load necessary application software to the related devices to make the computer come to life. Typically, this privileged utility can be called BIOS, which is a firmware that attached to the motherboard of each computer by default. In BIOS, you can handle the hardware such as the hard disk, RAM, and graphic card, which will greatly affect your computer performance. So you should know how to boot to BIOS in different computers. Due to the different brands of computers, the ways to boot to BIOS may differ. So we will focus on some famous brands and demonstrate their ways to boot to BIOS.

Acer has different models of computers such as Apire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos. Here are some ways to boot to BIOS for them respectively.

• 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 owns Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro and Portable. And their ways to boot to BIOS are shown below.

• 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 is well known for being a worldwide computer manufacturer, it owns many sub-brand computers such as 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.

Emachines is famous for its practical product. It has eMonster, eTower, eOne, S-Series, T-Series computers, and those computers can boot to BIOS in the under ways.

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

Fujitsu is famous Japanese computer manufacturer, and it has diversity sub-brands. Just follow the under steps to make them boot to BIOS if you want.

• Press F2 once the Fujitsu logo appears.

Gateway and its sub-brands:DX, FX, One, GM, GT, GX, Profile, Astro. Follow under steps to boot to BIOS.

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

Hewlett-Packard (HP) is the biggest personal computer manufacturer. It owns Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet. The ways for them to boot to BIOS are listed below.

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

IBM is famous for its Super Computers, but it did have some personal computer brands. Their ways to boot to BIOS are listed below.

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

Lenovo is also a worldwide famous technology company. ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation are the sub-brands of it. There are under steps for them to boot to BIOS.

• 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.

Nec is a computer manufacturer whose headquarter located in minato-ku, Japan. And it has many good products. But the way to boot to BIOS is simple. You can follow the under step.

• Press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup.

Packard Bell is a computer company that located in Netherlands. As the biggest computer manufacturer in Europ, it has made some good products such as 8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia, iextreme. But its way to boot to BIOS is also very simple.

• Press F1, F2, or Del to enter BIOS.

Samsung is a famous manufacturer of computers. It has many computer products. And the way to boot to BIOS is shown below.

• Press F2 to start the BIOS setup utility.

Sharp is a Japanese based computer manufacturer. It has released some Notebook Laptops like Actius UltraLite. And the ways to boot to BIOS are shown below.

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

Sony is a worldwide technology company, it has made different name of computers such as VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series. All those computers can boot to BIOS by under way.

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

Being a famous Japanese company in the world, it has released many good computers such as Portégé, Satellite, Tecra, Equium. The ways of booting to BIOS may differ from different series, just adapt the under steps to your computer.

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

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