How to enter the BIOS on the computer, laptop

The BIOS on the computer is an important and familiar component for "IT" people and those who install "win" because the BIOS gives us the ability to access the Boot drive or view information about the system, hardware control, peripherals .

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1. What is the BIOS?

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The BIOS ( Basic Input / Output System ) is basically the basic input system and is the place to load the firmware on the mainboard with functions such as:

+ Managing peripherals such as keyboards, mice, portable drives, usb .

+ Sort the drive order containing the Boot of the operating system.

+ Providing tools for users to intervene in the system such as fine-tuning CPU fan speed, GPU fan speed; overclocking CPU, RAM; change priority Boot drive settings; open Virtualization; hardware test; Check the temperature of components such as CPU, HDD .

In summary, the BIOS contains the firmware and operates before the operating system with the main function of managing and controlling peripheral devices.

2. How to check the BIOS version on the computer

Step 1: To check the BIOS version on your computer, open the Run dialog box with the keyboard shortcut Windows + R and type cmd => OK .

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Step 2: In the Command Prompt window , enter the following command and Enter .

systeminfo | findstr / I / c: bios

Then, you will see the BIOS version below is the version number on your BIOS.

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3. How to enter the BIOS on the computer

On each mainboard, the laptop will be equipped with a keyboard shortcut to access different BIOS. The shortcut to enter the BIOS is:

Press the computer start button => press the shortcut to the BIOS => The BIOS menu appears.

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Below is a list of shortcuts to the BIOS on some popular motherboards.

Shortcut keys

Abit

DEL

ASRock

F2

ASUS

DEL, Print, F10

BFG

DEL

DFI

DEL

ECS Elitegroup

DEL, F1

EVGA

DEL

Foxconn

DEL

FREESCALE

DEL

GIGABYTE

DEL

Intel

F2

JetWay

DEL

Mach Speed

DEL

MSI (Micro-Star)

DEL

PCChips

DEL, F1

SAPPHIRE

DEL

Shuttle

DEL, Ctrl + Alt + Esc

Soyo

DEL

Super Micro

DEL

TYAN

DEL, F4

XFX

DEL

 Shortcuts to BIOS and Recovery / Boot on Laptop

Shortcut into BIOS

Shortcut into Boot / Recovery

ACER

F2; DEL

F12; ESC; F9

ASUS ( VivoBook F200ca, F202e, Q200e, S200e, S400ca, S500ca, U38n, V500ca, V550ca, V551, X200ca, X202e, X550ca, Z202e )

DELETE

ESC

ASUS ( N550JV, N750JV, N550LF, Rog G750jh, Rog G750jw, Rog G750jw, Rog G750jx, Zenbook Infinity Ux301, Infinity Ux301la, Prime Ux31a, Prime Ux32vd, R509C, Taichi 21, Touch U500vz, Transformer Book TX300, Eee PC 1015, 1025c )

F2

ESC

ASUS ( K25F, K35E, K34U, K35U, K43U, K46CB, K52F, K53E, K55a, K60ij, K70ab, K72f, K73e, K73s, K84l, K93sm, K93sv, K95vb, K501, K601, R503C, X32a, X35u, X32a X61g, X64c, X64v, X75a, X83v, X83vb, X90, X93sv, X95gl, X101ch, X102ba, X200ca, X202e, X301a, X401a, X401u, X501a, X502c, X750ja )

DEL

F8

COMPAQ

F10

Esc; F9

DELL

F2

F8; F12

eMachines

Tab; Del

F12

FUJITSU

F2

F12

HP

ESC; F1; F10

ESC; F9

LENOVO THINKPAD

F1; F2

F12; F8; F10; ThinkVantage key

LENOVO IdeaPad P500

F1; F2

F12; Fn + F12

Microsoft Surface

Press and hold the Power key and the Volume key (-). After displaying the Windows logo, release the power button but hold the Volume (-) button.

TOSHIBA

F2

F12

TOSHIBA Protege, Satellite, Tecra

F1; Esc

F12

SAMSUNG

F10

ESC; F2

SONY ( VAIO DUO, PRO, FLIP, TAP, FIT )

Assist key

Assist key

SONY ( VAIO, PCG )

F1; F2; F3

F11

SONY ( VGN )

F2

ESC; F10

With the sharing on how to enter the BIOS in the article, you can use the computer more professionally and do more things on your computer. Good luck!