Re: bios password problem (how to bypass)

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From: Marc Brousseau
Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1993 18:37

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In article <tomcat.725931722@cwis> tomcat@cwis.unomaha.edu (Jeffrey S. Jo) writes:
>umfinla5@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Doug Finlayson) writes:
>
>>I have a friend who has inadvertently added a password to the bios and 
>>then forgotten it. Is there an easy way to reset the bios , without
>>attempting to remove the battery ? 
>>I don't know the bios manufacturer . 
>>Is there  a default password for AMI bios ,for example? 
>
>>Thanks for any help,
>
>>Doug Finlayson
I think on AST machines there is an internal jumper that can be changed
to bypass the password protection scheme.

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