Cannot access BIOS on HP Pavillion a1610n

[Ritter 197]

I want to get to the BIOS on my HP Pavillion Desktop a1610n with Athlon
64X2 4200+, socket AM2, chipset GEForce 6150LE with ASUS MB name:A8M2N-LA,
HP MB name: NodusM3-GL8E.

Hitting F1 during startup gets me to a number of things, but not the CMOS /
BIOS.

I am running windowsxp, SP2 installed. All drivers up to date.

Any ideas ?

 

[Kevin]

I want to get to the BIOS on my HP Pavillion Desktop a1610n with Athlon
64X2 4200+, socket AM2, chipset GEForce 6150LE with ASUS MB name:A8M2N-LA,
HP MB name: NodusM3-GL8E.

Hitting F1 during startup gets me to a number of things, but not the CMOS
/ BIOS.

I am running windowsxp, SP2 installed. All drivers up to date.

Any ideas ?

How about F2? The options for entering setup or the bios should appear at
the start of the POST splash screen on startup.

 

[Bruce]

To access BIOS try tapping F2 and Delete alternately as it starts up.It's
usually one of those.

Bruce

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I have an HP a412n, that I _think_ is roughly equivelent to your machine. I
get into BIOS with the ESC key during the initial boot sequence.

Once you get in, there is a setting where the BIOS and other boot sequence
informatiion is displayed onscreen. It sounds as if your current operation
is a blank screen as the boot process is taking place, you can set this so
the memory count and other things that happen anyhow are displayed as they
happen. This screen information is where the directions to press ESC to
change the BIOS settings flashes by.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I lied.

My computer takes the F1 Key to get into the boot loader.

But, I also have a HP a6120n, and the ESC Key is used to get into the boot
loader. So, my lie wasn't so bad.

Turn the machine on, and press and hold the ESC Key until the boot loader
comes up.

 

[Ritter 197]

I tried the ESC key and all it brings up is the BOOT SEQUENCE , like Floppy
, Hard drive, CD ROM < Network.

Nothing to get into the BIOS

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I tried the ESC key and all it brings up is the BOOT SEQUENCE , like
Floppy , Hard drive, CD ROM < Network.

Nothing to get into the BIOS

I get it, the F1 Key does something, just not enough. I saw that on my
machine too.

 

[Andrew E.]

Instead of the normal "delete" key,try tapping F1/HELP On starting pc.

 

[Ritter 197]

I have done that. But I want to get to the BIOS, not Boot loader.

 

[Ritter 197]

What "help" key?

Instead of the normal "delete" key,try tapping F1/HELP On starting pc.

 

[Jeff Strickland]

I feel your pain. My a6120n gets me the same as your 1610, which is a
completely different experience than my a4120n and my a6010n. All of my
machines except the 6120 go to the BIOS, where I can change the boot
sequence, select the HDD type, and set other stuff that I might want to be
different for one reason or another.

Only the 6120 gives a single setting, and not the setting I would want to
change.

 

[Kevin]

I have done that. But I want to get to the BIOS, not Boot loader.

Again, have you tried the F2 key? This is the key indicated by HP Technical
Support that should get you into the BIOS. And, again, these options should
be displayed on the splash screen as your machine boots up.

 

[PaulMaudib]

I have done that. But I want to get to the BIOS, not Boot loader.

Yes. Again.......

ASK ELSEWHERE. This question still has nothing the do with hardware
and THE OS, merely with BIOS which has NOTHING to do with XP.

 

[Marvel]

Again, have you tried the F2 key? This is the key indicated by HP
Technical Support that should get you into the BIOS. And, again, these
options should be displayed on the splash screen as your machine boots up.

Are you tapping the F2 key early enough?

Another option might be, download and burn a boot disk of Ultimate Boot CD,
it has BIOS Tools

http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html