How do I get into BIOS of old Dell system?

[JoeHill]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 22:10:34 -0400
Fraser Campbell <fraser-Txk5XLRqZ6CsTnJN9+BGXg at public.gmane.org> uttered:

> 
> The only thing that I can think of is that some machines have a
> "memory hole" option in the BIOS that occurs between 15 and 16 MB, I
> wonder if mine has that?  Problem is I cannot get into the BIOS, I've
> tried numerous function keys, escape and delete.  It's an optiplex
> 486/66.  Any ideas how to get into the BIOS, or what else might be
> causing the issue?

I had probs getting into the BIOS of an old Compaq (gone now, thank
$DEITY), turns out you need a BIOS utility. Maybe same situation here?

Try the Dell site for floppy images.

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