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Article #47386Re: how to override/reset a BIOS password?
From: Thorfinn
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:00
Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 00:00
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In aus.computers.linux, on Wed, 13 May 1998 23:46:54 GMT Howard F Lowndes <lannet@albury.net.au> wrote: >In this newsgroup, Des Bromilow <desbromilow@usa.net> wrote: >>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. I think frequently there's a jumper on the motherboard that will clear the CMOS settings, too... Whether it's *findable* or not is another story. :) Later, Thorf -- <a href="http://www.tertius.net.au/~thorfinn">thorfinn@tertius.net.au</a> When someone says "I want a programming language in which I need only say what I wish done," give him a lollipop.
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d683,1fb68f79aebfe94a X-Google-Attributes: gid10d683,public X-Google-Thread: 102983,1fb68f79aebfe94a X-Google-Attributes: gid102983,public From: thorfinn@unico.com.au (Thorfinn) Subject: Re: how to override/reset a BIOS password? Date: 1998/05/14 Message-ID: <6jdjek$kdj@padre.unico.com.au> X-Deja-AN: 353078050 References: <355A1B9B.60EA@usa.net> <6jdavr$b0h$2@conrad.telstra.net> X-Silly-Line: QUOTE OF THE DAY: " X-Newsgroup: aus.computers.linux Organization: UNICO Computer Systems, Melbourne, Australia Reply-To: thorfinn@tertius.net.au Newsgroups: aus.computers.linux,aus.computers.ibm-pc X-Religion: linux slrn mutt vim