Hi Abel,

          F-2 is used during the Dell Screen to access
CMOS. You must be quick as ther is a 6 second
timeframe. This Dell model has BIOS upgrade available
on the Dell site.
HTH,
Ted
--- "Abel Celestin Jr." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I am having trouble getting to this pc's cmos, so i
> can adjust settings. I
> tried to reset the cmos by pulling the battery out
> to rest. i then put it back
> to re-boot now it goes throught the dell screen than
> gives me text across the
> top of screen of !Warning that the cover was removed
> than a couple of minutes
> another message comes up right underneath says:
> invalid configuration, run setup.
>
> Question is how do i get in and how do i setup? the
> pc was given to me so I
> can troubleshoot but was not given dell disk is
> there a key combination i can
> use to get past this to get to the cmos?
>
> any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
>
> Abel Celestin Jr
>
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