For Award BIOS setup, the key press is normally the <Delete> key - which is pressed just after the initial messages show on the screen and the memory test starts to spool up. In some other BIOS brands, pressing the function key <F8> does the trick at about the same spot during the initial messages. Let us know what works for you. "Paul A. Shippert" wrote: > Greetings, Monica-- > -----Original Message----- > > >Her computer does not ask to > >press "DEL key to enter setup". > > > There are a number of different ways to enter setup (most of > which I d-- etc., etc. Larry Stewart Ottawa, Ontario email: [log in to unmask] PCSOFT maintains many useful files for download on our web site - visit our download page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html