Dell precision m60 problem

[liveforeva]

Hi i have just been given a dell precision m60 laptop to look at, i am trying to get in to the bios but i can not. When i switch it on i get no start up all i get is a blank screen for about 30 seconds then it just goes straight to the desktop. There is no windows xp loading screen. If i try pressing del to try and get it in to the bios nothing happens and if i press F8 when switching on i dont get the option to go in to safe mode or anything.

Does anyone have any advice or idea how to get it in to the bios.
Thanks

 

[Stephen B]

its either f10 or f12

 

[Datamonkey]

power it up holding the fn key, that will get you a diags.

Also if you cant get into the bios, power it on holding a few keys, until it beeps, should bring up a keyboard error and press f2 to get into the bios.

Stephen, f12 is boot select f2 should be bios

 

[Stephen B]

NP, f10 or f12 works on my M90 thought it might have been similar