>Does anybody know how to access the BIOS setup utility on an
>IBM AT 286?  I've been working on one, and it refuses to
>options are not set and to run the setup utility.  It then
>boots off of the hard drive and refuses to read from the


I went through this little hassle last month with a similar machine. I went
so far as calling the company's tech support from a phone number posted on
the side of the system. They made a few suggestions ( can you believe they
didn't know a definite answer of how to get into their own machines!?!),
plus a few came from members of the list. None of them worked, however
here's a few common keystrokes:

F1, F2, F5, CTRL-ESC, SHIFT-ESC, CTRL-ALT-ESC. These have gotten me into a
few "older" systems.

Guido Piraino


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