How do I get into my Dell bios?

[itstheh]

I have a Dell CPi Lattitude D233ST laptop that has a formatted c drive, and I can't get it to boot from a CD 'cos I can't get into the BIOS.

Can anyone help me?

[John Prophet]

f2 usually on Dells

[itstheh]

Tried both of those, neither work

[John Prophet]

you tried the delete button?

[John Prophet]

Ive got a Dell latitude CPt v466 sitting here and it is f2 to get into bios

[jimbo_limited]

O O I KNOW.... its Exactly F2 on Start Up... How i know... i love to mess up the Dell's in my schools Libary...

[osprey4]

Ctrl-Alt-Enter

[erhan28]

Mine is F2 I have a demension 2350. Try
F2, F1, F4, F8, F10, F11, F12, delete
There is a button you just got to find it.

[osprey4]

Ok, I found it (this is a pretty old system):

Enter and use the System Setup program as follows:

If you are using Windows 95, press <Fn><F1> at any time on the built-in keyboard (or <Scroll Lock><F1> on an external keyboard if the External Hot Key option is enabled). If you press <Fn><F3> (or <Scroll Lock><F3> on an external keyboard if the External Hot Key option is enabled), the System Setup program opens directly to the battery status screen.

Hope that helps.

[osprey4]

I got my info right from the manual, so that should work.

[itstheh]

OK, thanx for all the help, but nopne of that worked. In the end I had to remove the H/D, Optical Drive and one of the sticks of memory, boot the machine and it forces it into the bios.

I made my changes and saved and now all is good.

Thanx for trying guys, I still can't access it normally though!

[John Prophet]

wow..thats pretty radical.

on almost any dell I have ever seen it is "f2"....

when it boots does it say anything on the screen such as "f2=enter setup" ??

[jrmmustang]

When in Doubt,,,,Read the Manual