Accessing Bios

[rkelly95]

I have a feeling I know the answer,but to get into the bios, is it by pressing f8........well I don't want to make a fool of myself, so any help would be appreciated, and how do you start in safe mode? through the bios?
thks in adv.

 

[crisc]

The key to get into BIOS depends on your BIOS manufacturer, but it's usually F10 or DELETE. It will say on the screen during POST what key it is.

F8 is for Safe Mode

 

[edfair]

[F8] generally gets you into a boot menu on windows. Safe mode is one of the choices.

This is not the same as CMOS setup in the BIOS. There are 5 or 6 methods of getting into the BIOS, depending on how the BIOS was set up. Compaq uses [F10] when cursor is in upper right during POST. HP uses [F2]. Others use the delete key. Some use [CTRL][ALT]+[NUMERIC +]. Some use [C][A]+[Numeric -]. Some use [C][A]+[ESC].

As you can imagine, it gets to be fun sometimes. Ed Fair
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[rkelly95]

thanks for the input, I should have included my specs: my bad: gateway, 266mhz, 64ram, and also when I turn my computer on and all these stats show up, it says press f1 to enter setup, what is that and what can you do in there. or is that the bios.
Thanks

 

[crisc]

Yes, it's F1 for Gateways. There are a variety of reasons you might want to go into your BIOS, mostly for troubleshooting or configuration changes. Go ahead and look around in there if you want but unless your having problems I'd suggest you not make any changes.

 

[rkelly95]

Thankyou Crisc, I guess you learn something new everyday. If I have any other questions worth asking I will not hesitate.

 

[crisc]

Cool, that's what we're here for, rkelly95!