enter setup?

[jkac123]

I was looking for a way to enter setup on my Dell GXA. it tells me to hit cnt,alt,enter but it just says wait?

[Roy]

Award BIOS uses "Press DEL to enter Setup".

Some others use "Press F2 to enter Setup".

Try both.

[RenaissanceMan]

This data was from a prior post,You can thank member "thxmanu" for this wealth of information. Usually, setup can be entered by pressing a special key combination (DEL, ESC, CTRL-ESC, or CTRL-ALT-ESC) at boot time (Some BIOSes allow you to enter setup at any time by pressing CTRL-ALT-ESC).
The following is a list of known factory-set passwords for different BIOS
manufactures:
AWARD BIOS:
AW
AWARD
AWARD_PS
AWARD_PW
AWARD_HW
AWARD SW
AWARD_SW
Award SW
AWARD PW
_award
awkward
alfaromeo
J64
j256
j262
j322
01322222
589589
589721
HLT
SER
SKY_FOX
Syxz
aLLy
CONCAT
TTPTHA
aPAf
HLT
KDD
ZBAAACA
ZAAADA
ZJAAADC
djonet
AMI BIOS:
AMI
ami
bios
setup
cmos
AMIDECODE
A.M.I.
AMI SW
AMI_SW
BIOS
PASSWORD
HEWITT RAND
Oder
A.M.I.
AMI!SW
AMI?SW
HEWITT RAND
alfarome
efmukl

Phoenix:
phoenix

Compaq:
compaq

Tinys:
Tiny

Other known defaults:
LKWPETER
lkwpeter
BIOSTAR
biostar
BIOSSTAR
biosstar
ALFAROME
Syxz
Wodj
PASS
PASSOFF
CONDO
J64
BIOS
SETUP
CMOS
admin
system

Entering BIOS setup
If you can't work out what to press during boot in order to access the BIOS
setup, try this handy list:
AMI, Award: Del during boot.
Toshiba: Esc during boot.
Toshiba; Phoenix; Late model PS/1 Value Point and 330s: F1 during boot.
NEC: F2 during boot.
Compaq: F10 when square in top RH corner of screen.
IBM PS/2s w/ Reference Partition: Ins during boot.
Dell: Reset twice following by Alt Enter.
Some PS/2s: Alt ?
Some PS/2s when pointer at top right of screen: Ctrl Ins.
AST Advantage, Award, Tandon: Ctrl Alt Esc.
Phoenix: Ctrl Alt S or Ctrl S.
Zenith, Phoenix: Ctrl Alt Ins.
Tandon 386: Ctrl Shift Esc.
Olivetti PC Pro: Shift Ctrl Alt + Num Pad Del.
Others: Ctrl-Esc, Ctrl Alt +

If you can boot the computer and just want to reset the BIOS password so
you can set it yourself, type the following (note: this is a risky
procedure, and can be harmful to your BIOS if it isn't compatible. Use the
mentioned procedure only if you know what you are doing).
Run the DOS program 'debug'
Type:
o 70 17
o 71 17
q

BIOS password revealing software
The following site has a large list of BIOS password revealing
applications: http://home.t-online.de/home/Guys-Underground-Files/frcrack.htm