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BIOS Suppliers	Keyboard Commmands
ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc	F2
ALR PC non/PCI	CTRL+ALT+ESC
AMD (American Megatrends, Inc.)	F1
AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.	DEL
Award	CTRL+ALT+ESC, DEL
DTK (Datatech Enterprises Co.)	ESC
Phoenix	CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+S, CTRL+ALT+INS
Computer Vendor	Keyboard Commands
Acer	F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC
ARI	CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
AST	CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL
CompUSA	DEL
Cybermax	ESC
Dell 4400	F12
Dell Dimension	F2, Del
Dell Inspiron	F2
Dell Latitude	F11+F1 (while booted), F2 (on boot)
Dell Optiplex	DEL, F2
Dell Precision	F2
eMachine	DEL
Gateway 2000 1440	F1
Gateway 2000 Solo	F2
HP (Hewlett-Packard)	F1, F2 (Laptop, ESC)
IBM	F1
IBM E-pro Laptop	F2
IBM PS/2	CTRL+ALT+INS after CTRL+ALT+DEL
IBM Thinkpad (newer)	Windows Programs - Thinkpad CFG
Intel Tangent	DEL
Micron	F1, F2, DEL
Packard Bell	F1, F2, DEL
Scanix	DEL
Sony VAIO	F2, F3
Tiger	DEL
Toshiba 335 CDS	ESC
Toshiba Protege	ESC
Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS	F1
Toshiba Tecra	F1, ESC

Warning: Computer vendor and Motherboard manufacturers customize their BIOS to the individual specifications of the motherboard. Care must be taken when applying a BIOS update. A BIOS update should be applied to the exact make; model; version; etc. specified in the update description.

Applying the BIOS update to the wrong BIOS chip can render the system unbootable and could result in motherboard or BIOS chip replacement.

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