Getting into Bios

[abc123molestme]

I have a Gateway 98 on hand that I believe used to be a 95. The 3 1/2 Floppy A Drive was broken so I replaced it. As I try to get into the Bios to set the A as the master drive (I disconnected the backup zip drive) I cannot figure out what key gets into the Bios. Any suggestions?

 

[vacunita]

Usually, its the Del Key, or Cntrl key on some F2 key on some compaqs ive used, and even the F10 key. Why not go into Gateway's webiste and look for a manual on that particualr model of PC see if it says anything about accessing the BIOS.

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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[abc123molestme]

Thank you for the suggestions. However, as I might have failed to mention previously, I do not know the history of this machine. I do know that it has been messed with and had parts exchanged by someone who really didn't know what they were doing.

 

[vacunita]

Then your only other recourse of action is opening it, and checking the motherboard for a make and model number usually printed on the main chip. Then go into the internet and find that motherboards manual.

Did you try with the other keys I mentioned?


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Ignorance is not necessarily Bliss, case in point:
Unknown has caused an Unknown Error on Unknown and must be shutdown to prevent damage to Unknown.

 

[wolluf]

A few suggestions here:-

http://www.bootdisk.com/txtfiles/zbios1.txt

One approach I've had some success with when I couldn't discover the key(s) required was to press as many keys as possible continuously as its starting up, to try to cause a keyboard error. Machine then usually gives an option to go into the bios settings.

 

[krusifix]

dont forget the almighty ESC key, some bios use that one as well