a small collection of BIOS entry key combos

a small collection of BIOS entry key combos:

Acer - CTL ALT ESC

AMI BIOS - DEL, F1 or F2

AST, Advantage, Award, Tandon - CTL ALT ESC

Award BIOS - DEL or CTL ALT ESC

Compaq - F10

DELL - F1 or DEL or CTL ALT ENTER

DTK BIOS - Esc

Gateway 2000 - F1

Hewlett Packard - F1

IBM
Older Models - In order to get into the configuration of the IBM setup screen CMOS screen you need to hold down both mouse buttons during bootup.
Aptiva - F1
PS/2 - CTL ALT INS after CTL ALT DEL
PS/2 with reference partition - INS

NEC - F2

Olivetti PC Pro - SHIFT CTL ALT Numpad DEL

Packard Bell - F1 or F2

Phoenix BIOS F1 or F2, or CTL ALT ESC or CTL ALT S or CTL S or CTL ALT INS

Sharp Laptop 9020 - F2

Sony - F3 at switchon, then F2 or F1

Tandon - CTL SHIFT ESC

Toshiba - ESC at switchon

Zenith - CTL ALT INS

Miscellaneous - CTL ESC or CTL ALT +