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    Accessing BIOS on old Satellite

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by seenoevil, Jul 16, 2008.

  1. seenoevil

    seenoevil Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have an old a15-s157 satellite and want to access BIOS but all F2 and F12 do is give a boot toggle option, not go to the actual BIOS. I looked at the manual and it said it was a 'hard boot' BIOS. Does that mean I can't access it manually?

    In the manual, it was using some HW setup thing under what was said to be the Toshiba Console utility but I did an OS reinstall (not from Toshiba) so those utilities aren't setup how they should be, if at all. I DL'd the Toshiba Console but doesn't have that HW setup that sets the boot sequence which is what I'm trying to accomplish among other things in the BIOS. Any ideas on this?
     
    seenoevil, Jul 16, 2008
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  2. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    On my new Toshiba it's a matter of pressing Esc when the computer starts and gives a message and then press F1 to enter the BIOS. Try that.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Jul 16, 2008
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    seenoevil Notebook Enthusiast

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    ESC gives me a black blank screen with a blinking cursor
     
    seenoevil, Jul 16, 2008
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    seenoevil Notebook Enthusiast

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    What is a Phoenix BIOS? I keep reading on here like its bad. Is that an unaccessible BIOS?
     
    seenoevil, Jul 17, 2008
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    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    I have never had any problems with my Phoenix BIOS. Press F2 when starting up to access the bios. Or at least that's what it is on my M-55.
     
    Padmé, Jul 18, 2008
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    It's F12 on my U405D, also a Phoenix bios, but it's pretty bare in there compared to a desktop bios.
     
    Eaglerapids, Jul 20, 2008
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