Bios

[yaroa]

Does anybody know why my computer is ingnoring the "Del" key to enter Bios setup.
I thought that my keyboard was bad so I bought a new one with same results.
BM6 mobo with cel 366.
Thanks for your help.
Juan

[Roy]

Sometimes I press it too late, so I just press it repeatedly after the initial post until the Setup screen appears.

[socalgal]

Found and ripped from bootdisk.com:

...but there are many other ways depending on what brand you have, like F10 on Compaqs when the big curser is in the upper right of the screen for example.

Also: Ctrl-Alt-Delete, Ctrl-q, Ctrl-s, Alt-s, Esc, Alt-Esc, Ctrl-Alt-Esc, Ctrl-Alt-Enter, and Ctrl-Alt-Insert. Or type setup in DOS on older boxes. Than we have F2, F1, Ctrl-Alt-q, Ctrl-Alt-s, Ctrl-Alt-d, Ctrl-Alt-p, Ctrl-Esc, and combinations of above.

Sometimes, just holding down a key sometimes forces an error which gets you there or taking out a set of RAM causes an adjustment notice where the directions may appear on how to access, or just pulling out the floppy cable or hard drive cable sometimes works.

Good luck.

[yaroa]

tks guys

[socalgal]

Did something work? Let us know.

[yaroa]

This is very embarrassing but what worked was that I actually hit the darn del button instead of the esc button like I had been doing for the last 4/5 days. I'm not an expert, but I built this danm machine so I know the difference between del and esc, I guess I just had a "brain freeze" (probably the heat).
My heartfelt apologies for wasting your time, pls. dont hold this against me, as I know that I'll need you guys again

[Bleeding Edge]

It’s not embarrassing.

But who could have ever guessed?!? ....a heat related brain freeze.....! http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif

[socalgal]

Finding the solution is never a waste of time. http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif Don't be embarrassed, I'm sure we all have tales...

lol Edge

[goombaz]

NIce to know I am in similar company http://www.sysopt.com/forum/smile.gif LOL, Mary Jane