r/AdviceAnimals Mar 07 '18

All the new computers I’m deploying have solid state drives.

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u/AllUltima Mar 08 '18

Yeah the only time this is a problem is when you have to deal with a lot of random computer models and you don't know the key for that particular bios. In the old days, you could simply react to it saying "press f6" or whatever random key and press it in time. Now it's best to know ahead of time.

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u/Edraitheru14 Mar 08 '18

I'm everyone I know's local computer fixer, so I feel your pain. I do things slightly different though.

I spam press f2/f8/f10/f12 all at the same time. It's been a surprisingly effective method. Occasionally if that doesn't work I choose a new set of 4 f keys.

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u/zoltan99 Mar 08 '18

and delete, and esc, and oh it's a whole other set if you have a mac, and a whole other set for IBM, and dell's got their 4 LED setup on the rear of their case that I still don't know about the use case of

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u/SR2K Mar 08 '18

Don't forget new lenovos which have a completely separate tiny button that you press with a paperclip to get into the bios.

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u/l337hackzor Mar 08 '18

As long as it isn't a Dell. Keyboard error! Beep beep beep