It is <F1> when the IBM logo appears at Startup,,
Ted Smith
--- Bob Wright <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At 06:01 PM 08/24/2000 , you wrote:
> >I have a 3 year old IBM Pentium 350 that is having
> problems... Does anyone know how to
> >get into the Registry of this machine? I have
> tried DEL and F10 and Alt F10 but nothing works...
> >
> >Why don't they have a Standard way to enter any
> Registry on any machine.. Why do they
> >try to make things so
> >difficult?
>
>
> First, the registry is a Windows95 or newer item
> that consists of the
> User.dat and System.dat files. The term you want is
> the "CMOS" settings of
> the Bios, sometimes still referred to as the "System
> Setup."
>
> Today, [DEL] is the standard to open the CMOS. But
> for a long time
> there were all sorts of schemes to make this a
> mystery. I listed nearly
> all the key codes to enter the CMOS in my
> "Troubleshooting Basics"
> edition #4 on our web site.
> http://nospin.com/pc/ts001.html
> Try pressing [ F1 ] during the Boot process...
> this should work.
>
> Here is the list you will find there:
>
> You can try this options, as I believe they are a
> fairly good representation
> of all the options used at one time or another:
> ·Press del during boot (AMI, Award).
> ·Press Esc during boot-Toshiba.
> ·Press F1 during boot (Toshiba; some Phoenix; Late
> PS/1 Value Point and 330s).
> ·Press F2 during boot (NEC, newer Phoenix).
> ·Press F10 when square in top RH corner of screen
> (Compaq).
> ·Press Ins during boot-IBM PS/2 with reference
> partition.
> ·Press reset twice-some Dells.
> ·Ctrl Alt Enter-Dell.
> ·Ctrl Alt ?-some PS/2s, such as 75 and 90.
> ·Ctrl-Esc
> ·Ctrl Ins-some PS/2s when pointer at top right of
> screen.
> ·Ctrl Alt Esc -AST Advantage, Award, Tandon, older
> Phoenix.
> ·Ctrl Alt +
> ·Ctrl Alt S-older Phoenix.
> ·Ctrl Alt Ins (Zenith, Phoenix)
> ·Ctrl S (Phoenix).
> ·Ctrl Shift Esc-Tandon 386.
> ·Shift Ctrl Alt + Num Pad del-Olivetti PC Pro.
> ·Setup disk-Old Compaqs, Epson (Gemini), IBM, IBM
> PS/2, Toshiba, old 286s.
> ·Fn+F2. AST Ascentia 950N
>
>
> Bob Wright
> The NOSPIN Group
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