How the hell to get into bios

[salman327]

I'm running off of an IBM p2450, and whenver I load it up I always get an IBM screen, and never a chance to get into my bios...anyone know how I can get to it?

 

[rommel]

perhaps you should check out the support pages at ibm?...i had to look up some stuff for a friend that had an ibm desktop...seemed like a pretty thorough data base

 

[ledzepp98]

first try f10...then take rommel's advice

 

[wfbberzerker]

heres what ya gotta do:
-turn off your computer, and take teh side off the case
-if you see any cards sticking out of the side of the motherboard, hit them with a very large downward force, preferably using your fist
-make sure to take a cordless drill and drill holes in (1) the power supply, (2) the hard drive, and (3) and cd drives.
-this should make your computer cower in fear and do anything you want it to.

er... wait, bios? usually its the delete key or the f10 key, and you press while the ibm logo shows up (um, or whatever logo may show up when you first start your computer)

 

[KpocAlypse]

IF its a intel mobo(which it may, or may not be), try hitting F2, i know thats what are 440bx intel ones are at work...

 

[salman327]

Thanks for your adivce guys. Usually I try delete and f10, but nothing. The fist sounds like a good idea, been contemplating it for a while. I'll try all the other things, and see what happens. Palamino and nforce couldn't be more wanted by anymore than me. Stupid 450...

 

[blargyblarg]

here are some ways to enter the bios, not sure if all of them are accurate:



METHOD--------------------------------------------------SYSTEM

Del during boot-----------------------------------------AMI, Award
Esc during boot----------------------------------------Toshiba
F1 during boot------------------------------------------Toshiba; Phoenix; Late model PS/1 Value Point and 330s

F2 during boot------------------------------------------NEC
F10 when square in top RH corner of screen--------------Compaq
Ins during boot-----------------------------------------IBM PS/2s w/ Reference Partition

Reset twice---------------------------------------------Some Dells
Alt Enter-------------------------------------------------Dell
Alt ?-------------------------------------------------------Some PS/2s
Ctrl-Esc--------------------------------------------------General
Ctrl Ins---------------------------------------------------Some PS/2s when pointer at top right of screen

Ctrl Alt Esc--------------------------------------------AST Advantage, Award, Tandon

Ctrl Alt +------------------------------------------------General
Ctrl Alt S------------------------------------------------Phoenix
Ctrl Alt Ins----------------------------------------------Zenith, Phoenix
Ctrl S-----------------------------------------------------Phoenix
Ctrl Shift Esc------------------------------------------Tandon 386
Shift Ctrl Alt + Num Pad Del--------------------Olivetti PC Pro
Setup disk---------------------------------------------Old Compaqs, Epson (Gemini), IBM, IBM PS/2, Toshiba, most old 286s