Hey guys, You fellas seem to know your stuff when it comes to helping me out w/ what I can't figure out. I've got a question that is seemingly dumb, but I'll be damned if I can figure it out. How do I get into the CMOS on my Netvista? It's a model 6269-EHU (A20) And there's nowhere during post (I don't even see post) to hit del/f1/tab/whatever, all I get is the "hit f11 for product recovery" I've looked all over the IBM website, and I can't figure this out. I really wish my company would buy decent computers. Thanks for your help -Mike

hello try hitting the delete or f1 f2 f3 f4 f5 f8 f9 do this even befor you see any thing.you can set a bios delay for post in bios after you get in. it will make it easyer the next time.

No Dice... Thanks for the idea though

Actually Dave, When looking through past posts on here, a response that you gave to someone else about how to get into bios helped me find the answer. You posted a huge list of bios mfg's and their various ways of entering bios, and the one on there for IBM PS/2 kinda worked for me, except after pressing ctrl+alt+ins, I had to quickly press f1. Took me about 5 or 6 tries, but I finally got it....sneaky b---tards. Thanks a lot -Mike

I went to the IBM website and looked the user manual for your machine. It says to completely shut down the computer(don't use ctrl-alt-del). Hold down f1 and start the computer. That should get you into Setup unless it is password protected in which case you will have to enter the password.

Ya know, maybe that's why the ctrl-alt-ins +f1 worked. come to think of it I did keep just pushing the button (I was rather frustrated at this point, and if it breaks, I'll have an excuse for them to buy me a new POS). Either way, After going in once, I've managed to slow down post so much that I could go make lunch, come back, and still have a chance to press f1 to get to cmos. I looked through that book, I couldn't find anything, you must be more patient than I at looking. Thanks a lot for the effort! -Mike

Bios Manufacturer Key Command(s) ALR Advanced Logic Research, Inc. ® PC / PCI F2 ALR PC non / PCI CTRL+ALT+ESC AMD® (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.) BIOS F1 AMI (American Megatrends, Inc.) BIOS DEL Award™ BIOS CTRL+ALT+ESC Award BIOS DEL DTK® (Datatech Enterprises Co.) BIOS ESC Phoenix™ BIOS CTRL+ALT+ESC Phoenix BIOS CTRL+ALT+S Phoenix BIOS CTRL+ALT+INS Computer Key Command(s) Acer® F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC AST® CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL Compaq® 8700 F10 CompUSA® DEL Cybermax® ESC Dell® 400 F3 Dell 400 F1 Dell Dimension® F2 or DEL Dell Inspiron® F2 Dell Latitude Fn+F1 (while booted) Dell Latitude F2 (on boot) Dell Optiplex DEL Dell Optiplex F2 Dell Precision™ F2 eMachine™ DEL Gateway® 2000 1440 F1 Gateway 2000 Solo™ F2 HP® (Hewlett-Packard) F1, F2 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, or DEL Packard Bell® F1, F2, Del Sony® VIAO F2 Sony VIAO F3 Tiger DEL Toshiba® 335 CDS ESC Toshiba Protege ESC Toshiba Satellite 205 CDS F1 Toshiba Tecra F1 or ESC