I picked up an old Acer from my father-in-law with a V55LA-2 Motherboard. Now, I need to get into the bios which uses the CTRL-ALT-ESC combo to get in, it says so right on the screen. Using two keyboards several times, I haven't been able to get into the bios. Both keyboards work and all keys on the keyboard work as I tested them within Windows. So both the keyboards and the keyboard port seem to function but I still can't CTRL-ALT-ESC my way into the BIOS no matter how many times I mash the keys and no matter what combination I do it in. I've also tried other keys like CTRL-ALT-S which some other brands use but nothing. Hair rapidly falling out. Please help.

You can access the BIOS Setup Utility by pressing CTRL+ALT+ESC as the system is booting. At the bottom of the second start up screen you should see "To enter setup, press CTRL_ALT_ESC". If the system displays the Acer Splash Screen, once you hear the beep, you should begin pressing CTRL+ALT+ESC.You may need to press CTRL+ALT+ESC continuously until you access the BIOS setup screen. If this does not work, I am sorry as I know no other way...~smile~

Yep, tried all that too. Nothing. Its as if the computer we're ignoring my request. Anything else anyone?

Here are some other alternatives: Press Tab during boot Press Del during boot Press Esc during boot Press F1 during boot Press F2 during boot Press F10 when a square appears in top RH corner of screen Press Ins during boot Shift Ctrl Alt + Num Pad del Ctrl Alt ? Ctrl Esc Ctrl Ins Press reset twice Ctrl Alt Enter Ctrl Alt Esc Ctrl Alt + Ctrl Alt S Ctrl Alt Ins Ctrl S Ctrl Shift Esc

Iomega suggests that if CTL-ALT-ESC doesn't work for Acer, try holding F1 or F2 down while booting.

I have to reset my CMOS because my password got lost. I looked on my mobo and there is no CMOS battery. I have looked everywhere and have no clue where my CMOS Jumper is. Someone told me it was around the battery. So what do I do?

Thanks for your help fellows, but none of the suggestions or key combinations seems to work. Very strange, as I said that I know the keyboards works. Thats Acer for you I guess.