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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


Well, there is a default password, but you'll have to pull the battery
for about a half hour and then turn on the computer.  Default password for
the AMI bios is AMI...they may have changed it but this was the last I heard
it was.  What you may also want to do is to read the manual that came with
the computer and see if you can pull the chip that holds the password.
Other than that, I don't know of any other way to get to the password.

Any other suggestions out there?

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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.

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? 

Depends on the machine...  If it's a Zenith, the password is stored in
N-RAM -- the only way to get the password removed is to return the
machine to an authorized Zenith repair center to have the chip replaced.
No, they will not sell the part direct... :-( (Actually, not a bad
policy, albeit a pain in the @$$.)  No BIOS I know of has a "default" or
"back-door" password...

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also try removing a piece of hardware (like the floppy cable) and
boot up....some bios will allow you to then get in.
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