{"id":1468,"date":"2017-05-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-25T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ami2025dev.wpenginepowered.com\/top-three-keys-used-to-enter-uefi-bios-setup\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T14:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T14:51:08","slug":"top-three-keys-used-to-enter-uefi-bios-setup","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/www.ami.com\/resource\/top-three-keys-used-to-enter-uefi-bios-setup\/","title":{"rendered":"Top three keys used to enter UEFI BIOS Setup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are many keys (and key combinations) used to enter UEFI BIOS setup.<\/p>\n<p><b>Just a word of caution before we continue. Do <u>NOT<\/u> <em>change and save<\/em> UEFI BIOS settings unless you know what you are doing.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-three-keys-used-to-enter-uefi-bios-setup_02.jpg\" alt=\"AMI Screen with BIOS information\" width=\"600\" height=\"318\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here are the top three keys used to gain access to the UEFI BIOS setup.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>(or + )<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-three-keys-used-to-enter-uefi-bios-setup_01.jpg\" alt=\"AMI Boot up screen\" width=\"600\" height=\"299\" \/><\/p>\n<p>To find out how to enter your system\u2019s BIOS setup, restart your computer. As your system boots up, you may be prompted with a message that states, \u201c<em>Press or to enter setup<\/em>,\u201d or \u201c<em>Press , and to enter setup<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you do not see this message, the BIOS boot screen may be hidden. If it is, consult your manual\u2026 or what I do is hit the key during power on to switch the boot screen from <em>Quiet Boot<\/em>. When <em>Quiet Boot<\/em> is enabled, the text-based BIOS boot screen is hidden and replaced with the logo, typically the system or motherboard manufacturer logo.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/top-three-keys-used-to-enter-uefi-bios-setup_03.jpg\" alt=\"AMI quiet boot disabled\" width=\"600\" height=\"386\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here is a list of keys and key combinations (including the top three):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>+ + keys (some motherboards and option ROMs)<\/li>\n<li>+ + keys (some motherboards and option ROMs)<\/li>\n<li><del> (UEFI default)<\/del><\/li>\n<li>(UEFI default)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li>(some Toshiba notebooks)<\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>ODMs and OEMs that ship with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ami.com\/products\/aptio-v\/\">Aptio V (AMI UEFI BIOS firmware)<\/a> on their platforms, can program the key (or combination of keys) that provide access to UEFI BIOS setup. If you are an ODM or OEM that licenses <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ami.com\/products\/aptio-v\/\">Aptio V<\/a> firmware, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ami.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> to learn how to perform this customization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many keys (and key combinations) used to enter UEFI BIOS setup. Just a word of caution before we continue. Do NOT change and save UEFI BIOS settings unless you know what you are doing. Here are the top three keys used to gain access to the UEFI BIOS setup. (or + ) To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1470,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","content-type":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[1499],"project_tag":[2465,2466],"class_list":["post-1468","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-blog","project_tag-aptio-setup","project_tag-uefi-bios-setup","topics-aptio"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top three keys used to enter UEFI BIOS Setup - AMI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ami.com\/resource\/top-three-keys-used-to-enter-uefi-bios-setup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top three keys used to enter UEFI BIOS Setup\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There are many keys (and key combinations) used to enter UEFI BIOS setup. 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