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Article #47376Re: how to override/reset a BIOS password?
From: Howard F Lowndes
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:00
Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 00:00
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In this newsgroup, Des Bromilow <desbromilow@usa.net> wrote: >hi, >typical story... I got a motherboard with a BIOS password set on it but >the previous owner doesn't know what the password is. >Does "Discharging the CMOS" remove or reset the BIOS password? On some mobos removing the battery will discharge the password, on others with surface mount chips I have had to use alum foil to short out all the connects for a minute or two. No liability accepted if it fries something tho. >if so, does AMIBIOS have a default password it defaults to when reset? No password is the default condition, AFAIK. HTH, Howard. These are my opinions. Today's price, to you, is AUS$0.02 | Howard F Lowndes mailto:lannet@albury.net.au ICQ:3398299 _|_ LANNet Computing Associates http://albury.net.au/~lannet __|---|__ PGPkey http://albury.net.au/~lowndes/hfl_pubk.asc ___________|_$_|___________ PGPkeycheck 09A25BEA 8D3B2793 519E3DD2 72782532 / | \ VH-MDL A Grumman Yankee is a F14 Tomcat on Jenny Craig O O O
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,1fb68f79aebfe94a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,1fb68f79aebfe94a,start X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: lannet@albury.net.au (Howard F Lowndes) Subject: Re: how to override/reset a BIOS password? Date: 1998/05/13 Message-ID: <6jdavr$b0h$2@conrad.telstra.net> X-Deja-AN: 353034941 References: <355A1B9B.60EA@usa.net> Organization: LANNet Computing Associates Reply-To: lannet@albury.net.au Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,aus.computers.ibm-pc