How to access and use the BIOS?

June 2014

How to access and use the BIOS?

How to navigate through the BIOS settings? As you
will notice the mouse is not active in the BIOS. In this
article you will learn how to access and navigate
through the BIOS settings using a set of dedicated hot
keys.

Note that: The hotkeys may slightly differ

depending on the BIOS implementation.

Accessing the BIOS:

To access the BIOS, you will need to hit of of the below keys upon booting your computer:

Esc
F2
F5
F8
Del

Navigating through the BIOS:

Move through the menus using:

Arrows keys
TAB
Home / End
Pg Up / Pg Dn

Select the menu of your choice using the:

Enter key
Change values using:

numerical keys
+/-
Letter keys
arrow keys
Backspace and / or Delete / Del (to delete a character).

Confirm with:

Y or N (Yes or No)
Enter

Exiting the BIOS

To exit the BIOS:

Esc
Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete to restart your PC (not recommended).
In some cases you can: Exit without saving changes or Save changes and exit.

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