Problem with "Pause" key

I have a Dimension C521. I can't seem to get the Pause key to work.
There is a message that flashes across the screen during bootup and I
would like to read it, but it goes by too fast, so I want to pause the
bootup at this point.

I have tried Pause, CtrPause, WinKeyPause and other more or less
random combinations of a key + pause but I haven't got it to actually
pause yet.

Is anybody able to use the Pause key on the Dim C521 (64 bit machine)?
If so please give me a hand.

Thanks

On Apr 2, 4:50 am, Jackson <jjacXkd...@Xcox.net> wrote:
> I have a Dimension C521. I can't seem to get the Pause key to work.
> There is a message that flashes across the screen during bootup and I
> would like to read it, but it goes by too fast, so I want to pause the
> bootup at this point.
>
> I have tried Pause, CtrPause, WinKeyPause and other more or less
> random combinations of a key + pause but I haven't got it to actually
> pause yet.
>
> Is anybody able to use the Pause key on the Dim C521 (64 bit machine)?
> If so please give me a hand.
>
> Thanks

Run the Dell Diagnostics, especially the keyboard test. The
Diagnostics can be found by pressing f12 during POST.


Or just try a different keyboard.