E440 emachines bios key

You will need to change the boot order in the bios set-up.
Turn your computer off, and turn it n again (alternatively Restart it) These things may be initiated by clicking the Windows button at the bottom left of tour screen, and from the shut down drop down menu selecting the appropriate option) As your computer is starting up, and the Emachines logo appears on the screen
"Press the "Tab" key repetitatively: If that fails to take you into the BIOSsetup, repeat and try either the "Escape," "Delete," or "F2" keys instead of the Tab key.
Once in the BIOS setu[p, Look through the options until see Boot order, and then change that to CD first, HD 2nd. Exit the BIOS setup with save changes option. Done.
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You can generally only flash a bios if you can get the machine to boot up into some operating system. Do you get ANY on-screen logos or messages when you apply power to the laptop? Can you get into the bios when you power up the laptop and press Esc (or F2 depending on your model)? Do you hear any sequence of 'beeps' when you power up the laptop? A series of short/long beeps when powering up indicates some kind of error detected by the Power On Self Test (POST) routine. Do you have the HP recovery CD for your laptop? Have you put it in your CD Rom drive and tried to boot up? Check the manual at HP Support for a hard reset procedure- you could have a bad power button board or other hardware problem-it is not usually a BIOS problem.

1) Close out any open applications and restart the computer.
2) As the machine boots up (at the eMachines logo), press F2 (to enter the BIOS).
3) Once you are in the BIOS, navigate (use the keyboard directional arrows) to the Exit Tab.
4) Under the Exit Tab, choose "Load Optimal Defaults". When you are asked to confirm, select "Y" (for "yes").
5) Save the changes and Exit the BIOS.
6) No more loud fan!! Awesome!

Step 1:
All computer systems go through a set of instructions called the Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) when they are turned on. The BIOS checks all of the hardware and software installed on the computer to make sure they are working properly before loading the operating system. You may need to access the BIOS menu periodically to find out the current version of the BIOS you have if there are upgrades available. The command you use to access the BIOS settings on an Emachines computer will vary depending on the specific model you have.

Access the Start menu and click "Shut Down." Select the "Restart" option. Wait for the Emachines logo to appear on the screen as the computer begins booting up again. Press the "Tab" key when the logo appears and see if the computer switches to the BIOS menu. Press the "Escape," "Delete," or "F2" keys if the "Tab" key doesn't take you to the BIOS menu screen. Use the right arrow key to highlight the "Main" entry and press Enter. Scroll down to the heading labeled "BIOS version." Check the long string of numbers and letters under the "BIOS version" heading to locate the current BIOS version your Emachines is using. Press the "F10" key to exit the BIOS menu screen and finish booting up the computer's operating system.
Access/Enter Motherboard BIOS http://michaelstevenstech.com/bios_manufacturer.htm

When this happened was the laptop overly hot? If the laptop's head got too high it could have shutdown to protect itself. It wouldn't boot until the heat had disparate. Sit you laptop aside for about 30 minutes and see if it will boot then. If it does you might want to check out a cool mat.


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Hi,

Some of the emachines coming with Recovery image. You need to press F11 key on starting to check whether the image is available or not. If it is there proceed with restore.

Otherwise you need a recovery CD to do this. If you don't have any CD then you could purchase the recovery disk for your emachines from the link below by entering the serial number on your computer:
https://secure.tx.acer.com/RCDB/Main.aspx?brand=emachines

Please visit the following sites and download free the drivers for your eMachine:
http://www.downloadplex.com/tags/emachines+e440+drivers/Page-1-0-0-0-0.html
http://www.driversforfree.com/omn_ofm_omd/emachines/e-series/e440/drivers.aspx

To access the bios setup: when the machine first boots up, you'll hear a beep, once you hear that beep, i believe you need to hit F12, or Del keys repeatedly until Bios comes up. Sometimes, on the Logo screen it will say what to hit to enter bios setup, look in the corners of the logo screen.

Thanks Mark

Press and hold the F2, F12, or F8 function key (one of the three at a time) after jhearing a single beep following a restart. One key (usually F2) will allow you to change the BIOS settings. (If the computer boots normally, restart it again and try the next function key.)

BE CAREFUL. Don't change anything you are not sure of because doing so can make your computer inoperable!

You will eventually get to the BIOS settup utility. You will have to use the keyboard to navigate to the setting that disables the splash screen. (You may have to enable something like "detailed boot report" or "OEM settings", depending on the computer.)

My American Megatrends (AMI) BIOS has a "BOOT" section that contains a "Full Screen Logo" setting. I "Disabled" it to do what you want to.

Incidentally, the splash screen doesn't really slow the boot process much, since you are simply substituting a static picture for the BIOS boot information.

you have not set the cdrom as first boot device in the bios (press F2 or Del on boot up to get in bios), choose cd as first boot device, save settings and restart the pc with your cd in the drive and then when prompted press enter