can someone tell me what key i use to enter the system bios settup screen to change configurations. I know on my other computer I enter the f1 key while I am booting.

On some computers it's the delete key...

Depends on the BIOS manufacturer - on the following web page there's a list of the more common ones: http://www.computers-tech.com/html/bios_hotkeys.html On the initial bootup screens you should see a message telling you the key to press to enter setup, but if you still can't locate it even with the list, post back with the name of the BIOS - like AMI (American Megatrends International or AWARD, or Phoenix or whatever and we'll try to help some more... Mark

Here's another list I found on an old post on this forum: 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 Hope this helps...