How to Access BIOS

We can do many things in BIOS, change the boot order to CD/DVD for example, it will be used when Bootable CD of Macrorit Software Created. Different computer with different Brand or motherboard may have different hints on how to access Bios. We listed some of common used Sentences for reference, when you say the hints, press the according Key to enter settings, take F2 for example:

• Press F2 to enter setup
• Setup: F2
• Enter BIOS by pressing F2
• Press F2 to enter BIOS setup
• Press F2 to access BIOS
• Press F2 to access system configuration

Below are detailed information on how to access Bios according to Computer Brand, Motherboards and Manufacturers, you can press Ctal+ F to find what you needed:

F1

Brand: Older Acer; Older Compaq; Gateway; HP; IBM; Lenovo; Sony;
Motherboard: PCChips
Manufacturers: MR BIOS

F2

Brand : Acer; Older Compaq; Dell; Other eMachine; Fujitsu; older Gateway; Older IBM computers; NEC; Samsung; Sharp;

F10

Brand:Compaq; HP;
Motherboard: PCChips

F11

Brand:Hewlett-Packard (HP)

F12

Brand: Acer Veriton L480G; HP Tablet PCs; Toshiba Equium;

Tab

Brand: Brand: eMachines

Esc

Brand: Other HP; Toshiba;
Manufacturers: DTK

Del

Brand: Acer; Older Compaq; Older Dell; Micron; Packard Bell; Shuttle;
Motherboard: abit; ASUS; BFG; BIOSTAR; DFI; ECS Elitegrou; EVGA; Foxconn; GIGABYTE; JetWay; Mach Speed; MSI; PCChips; SAPPHIRE; Shuttle; Soyo; Super Micro; TYAN; XFX.
Manufacturers: AMI; Award Software; Phoenix

Ctal+ALT+Enter

Brand: Older Dell;

Ctal+ALT+F3

Brand: Older Lenovo;

Fn+Esc /Fn +F1

Brand: Older Dell; Older Lenovo;

Here're more detailed information on each brand's series:

Brand

Dell

XPS, Dimension, Inspiron, Latitude. OptiPlex, Precision, Vostro

eMachines

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

Fujitsu

LifeBook, Esprimo, Amilo, Tablet, DeskPower

Gateway

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

Hewlett-Packard (HP)

Pavilion, TouchSmart, Vectra, OmniBook, Tablet

IBM

PC, XT, AT

Lenovo (formerly IBM)

ThinkPad, IdeaPad, 3000 Series, ThinkCentre, ThinkStation

Micron (MPC Computers)

ClientPro, TransPort

NEC

PowerMate, Versa, W-Series

Packard Bell

8900 Series, 9000 Series, Pulsar, Platinum, EasyNote, imedia, iextreme

Samsung

Series 'x' laptops

Sharp

Notebook Laptops, Actius UltraLite

Shuttle

Glamor G-Series, D'vo, Prima P2-Series, Workstation, X Mini XPC, Surveillance

Sony

VAIO, PCG-Series, VGN-Series

Toshiba

Portégé, Satellite, Tecra, Equium

Acer:

Apire, Power, Veriton, Extensa, Ferrari, TravelMate, Altos

Compaq:

Presario, Prolinea, Deskpro, Systempro, Portable

Motherboard

abit

ab9, an7, an8, av8, aw9d, be6, bh6, ic7, in9, ip35, kn8, kn9, etc.

ASRock

4coredual, 775dual, 939dual, k7s41gx, p4v88, k7vm3, etc.

ASUS

p5b, a7v600, a7v8x, a8n, a8v, k8v, m2n, p5k, p5n, etc

BFG

680i, 8800gtx, 6800gt, 7600gt, 7800gs, 7950gt, etc.

BIOSTAR

6100, 550, 7050, 965pt, k8m800, p4m80, ta690g, tf7050, etc.

DFI

LANParty Ultra, Expert, Infinity 975x, NF3, NF4, cfx3200, p965, rs482, etc.

ECS Elitegrou

k7s5a, k7vta3, 741gx, 755-a2, 945p, c51gm, gf7100pvt, p4m800, etc.

EVGA

790i, 780i, 750i, 680i, 650i, e-7150/630i, e-7100/630i, 590, etc.

Foxconn

c51xem2aa, 6150bk8mc, 6150bk8ma, c51gu01, etc.

GIGABYTE

ds3, p35, 965p, dq6, ds3r, k8ns, etc.

Intel

d101ggc, d815eea, d845, d850gb, d865glc, d875pbz, d945gccr, d946gtp, d975xbx, etc.

JetWay

jm26gt3, ha04, j7f3e, hi03, ji31gm3, jp901dmp, 775gt1-loge, etc.

Mach Speed

Viper, Matrix, pm800, 917gbag, v6dp, s755max, etc.

MSI (Micro-Star)

k8n, k9n, p965, 865pe, 975x, k7n2, k9a2, k8t neo, p7n, p35, x48, x38, etc.

PCChips

m810lr, m811, m848a, p23g, p29g, p33g, etc.

SAPPHIRE

PURE CrossFire 3200, a9rd580Adv, a9rs480, CrossFireX 770 & 790FX, PURE Element 690V, etc.

Shuttle

"bare bones" and motherboards including ak31, ak32, an35n, sn25p, ai61, sd37p2, sd39p2, etc.

Super Micro

c2sbx, c2sbm, pdsba, pdsm4, pdsmi, p8sc8, p4sbe, etc.

TYAN

Tomcat, Trinity, Thunder, Tiger, Tempest, Tahoe, Tachyon, Transport and Bigby motherboards including K8WE, S1854, S2895, MP S2460, MPX S2466, K8W S2885, S2895, S2507, etc.

XFX

nForce 500 Series, 600 Series, 700 Series, etc.

Manufacturers

AMI (American Megatrends)

AMIBIOS, AMI BIOS

Award Software (now part of Phoenix Technologies)

AwardBIOS, Award BIOS

DTK (Datatech Enterprises)

DTK BIOS

Microid Research

MR BIOS

Phoenix Technologies

Phoenix BIOS, Phoenix-Award BIOS