Is it posible to hack BIOS to accept ESC and not DELETE?

[xequtor]

I have Apple keyboard, the small one and there is no DELETE key (Fn+Backspace aint working) and no other key combination works to get in to BIOS so I thought maybe is it possible to edit the original BIOS file and change DEL to ESC?
MoBo: P55M-UD4

 

[Mac84]

Hi,

I'm sorry but you can't change this key easily, or you have to patch your bios, I don't think anybody did it. :?

In my opinion the best thing to do is to replace your mini Apple keyboard by an extended one. But I can understand that you don't want to buy a other one.
:x

I hope you'll find an other solution.

 

[xequtor]

i don't like extended one, too big. Well I'll have to use whenever I need BISO my regular mini PC keyboard.

 

[carbine]

I have Apple keyboard, the small one and there is no DELETE key (Fn+Backspace aint working) and no other key combination works to get in to BIOS so I thought maybe is it possible to edit the original BIOS file and change DEL to ESC?
MoBo: P55M-UD4

I asked Gigabyte if they could include this in a future BIOS update (be able to enter BIOS using some other key) as I had the same keyboard. I liked the keyboard, just hated having to swap it out to get into the BIOS. They replied that they could not as it's a feature of the Award BIOS that loads first not their part that they keep updating. It was worth a shot...
I considered building a USB dongle with a Delete button on it to plug into the side of my monitor whenever I wanted to boot to BIOS. I was thinking if I did build this hack, I could sell a dozen or so to others with the same issue

 

[Lnx2Mac]

Hey...
This reminds me I got a 'USB keypad' years ago with a targus laptop kit...
Will try to find it in my junkpile and see if it works... could be a nice "hack"

 

[Lnx2Mac]

Follow up on this...

Check out my reply here: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3894&p=28856#p28856

Good Luck !
Lnx2Mac