hi i am trying to access the bios

[deebaglee]

hi
i am trying to access the bios of an Acer Acros p120 pc but having tried using crtl+alt+esc no luck
then tried del again no luck
finally attempted F1......F2...F10
no luck!

 

[smans]

try by unplug the floppy then press DEL if it the same try the HDD and then the CDR.


Good luck

 

[rockerfellerz]

It might be password protected. Read this:
Unable to Access BIOS

Use CTRL-ALT-ESC to access the BIOS setup, the machine seems not to respond, putting a small key in the top left of the screen. It's actually Acer's way of asking for a password, on older Win 95 machines, this is ACERUK, but on newer machines (ie MMX, PII) it is ACERNWE.

If you get the password wrong three times though, it will lock you out of the BIOS altogether. Check the Acer motherboards section of this site to find the correct jumpers/switches to clear this.

No "Advanced" Section in BIOS

On some of the Acer Acros PII machines, in the BIOS there is no "Advanced" section (contains among other things the port settings) listed on the first screen. To access this you need to press the F8 key at the Main Menu.


I think that removing the battery will clear the password.
Hope this helps....

If you're going through Hell...keep going... (Winston Churchill)
RocKeRFelLerZ

 

[deebaglee]

thanks guys will try it out monday

 

[garebo]

also, sometimes when you move the jumpers to pin 2 and 3 to remove the password, sometimes you have to boot the computer that way, i know you do for packard hell, i mean packard bell. So if you dont get any luck with just re-setting the bios by clearing it then try the re-boot method.

 

[mainegeek]

Try Ctrl+Alt+S

 

[diogenes10]

possibilities:

http://www.cr-il.com/cmos.htm