Upon starting the computer, there is a couple of moments befor you get the "Windows screen that the screen displays ( in the lower right hand corner ) two typed lines...one of which says Bios and gives a number of a key on your keyboard for you to clic on...which you must do within a couple of seconds for it to work...if the time goes by befor you get to do this, turn off the computer and start again...
Its the DEL or F2 key. http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm has a good list of many manufacturer's bios keys also.
I tried it on mine and it did not work. Though, there should be many hd cards out there that will work. The emachines representative said the bios has a problem with this particular card but didn't care to mention a card that will work.
EMachines was created in 1998.
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A Mac's "BIOS" is not really a BIOS. It is OpenFirmware, which many Mac users find to be better than BIOS. To access OpenFirmware, you must use two hands on the keyboard and the key combination CMD-OPT-O-F.
The delete key is also used to access bios on some systems.
eMachines is really a accer computer
The EMachines site provides support to customers who have purchased any eMachines notebook, netbook, desktop computer or monitor. The eMachines site also sells accessories for their notebooks and netbooks.
By pressing certain keys (depending on the specific computer and BIOS program) during the boot process, ex: F12, F2, F8,
This signals that the computer is in a standby or "sleep" mode. Most parts of the hardware are turned off by the BIOS until a key on the keyboard is pressed or the mouse is moved.
try to press alt f10
In the BIOS setup program.
The BIOS Manufacter