Asus notebook, desktop, and laptop

• Press F2 immediately after powering on.

Acer – Aspire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos

•     Press Del or F2 immediately after powering on.
•     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 – Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable

•     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 – 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 – eMonster, eTower, eOne, S-Series, T-Series

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

Fujitsu – LifeBook, Esprimo, Amilo, Tablet, DeskPower

•     Press F2 once the Fujitsu logo appears.

Gateway – DX, FX, One, GM, GT, GX, Profile, Astro

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

Hewlett-Packard (HP) – Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet

•     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 – PC, XT, AT

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

Lenovo (formerly IBM) – ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation

•     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.

Micron (MPC Computers) – ClientPro, TransPort

•     Press F1, F2 or Del immediately after powering on the PC.

NEC – PowerMate, Versa, W-Series

•     Press F2 to enter the BIOS Setup.

Packard Bell – 8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia, iextreme

•     Press F1, F2, or Del to enter BIOS.

Samsung – Series ‘x’ laptops

•     Press F2 to start the BIOS setup utility.

Sharp – Notebook Laptops, Actius UltraLite

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

Shuttle – Glamor G-Series, D’vo, Prima P2-Series, Workstation, X Mini XPC, Surveillance

•     Press F2 or Del on startup.

Sony – VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series

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

Toshiba – Portégé, Satellite, Tecra, Equium

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