| Vendors | Accessing the BIOS |
| Acer | F1, F2, CTRL+ALT+ESC |
| ARI | CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL |
| AST | CTRL+ALT+ESC, CTRL+ALT+DEL |
| Compaq | F10 |
| Cybermax | ESC |
| Dell | F3, F1, F12, DEL |
| Dell Latitude | Fn+F1 or F2 |
| Gateway 2000 | F1, F2 |
| Hewlett-Packard | F1, F2 |
| IBM | F1 |
| IBM PS/2 | CTRL+ALT+INS after CTRL+ALT+DEL |
| Intel Tangent | DEL |
| Micron | F1, F2, or DEL |
| Packard Bell | F1, F2, or DEL |
| Seanix | DEL |
| Sony VAIO | F2 or F3 |
| Tiger | DEL |
| Toshiba Tecra | ESC then F1 or F2 |
| Toshiba Notebook | Turn on computer by Holding down power button while pressing the ESC key. The machine will beep, then display: Check System, then press [F1] key. 2. Release ESC key |