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Re: <<<<< Back door PASSWORD Award bios >>>>><<<<< PASSWORD >>>>>>>

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From: wez
Date: Sat, 05 Aug 1995 00:00
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ogy@pubhouse.demon.co.uk (Stephen Ogbourne) wrote:

>john dove <jdove@analyst.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>>I have an Award bios V4.50g (I486SV2G)
>>The back door password is 'award' surprise surprise

>>The Award bios V4.50g (Pi-54sp4) has a different back door password, does
>>anyone know it, if so please tell me.

>Another popular one is AWARD_SW

>if you have AMI bios AMI_SW also works on some versions




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> Stephen Ogbourne [ogy@pubhouse.demon.co.uk]

My apologies if I am totally on the wrong track, but I am presuming
that you need a back door password because you cannot get into the
CMOS\Bios to make some changes.

If this is so, the simple answer is to remove the backup battery from
the motherboard. Boot the computer without it, which will create a low
battery warning. Then reinstall the battery. You should now be able to
do whatever you need.

Don,t forget that this will erase all CMOS data and return it to the
motherboard defaults, so a little reconfiguration will be needed.

Sorry again if this is irrelevant, I am New here.

Wez.


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Subject: Re: <<<<< Back door PASSWORD Award bios >>>>><<<<< PASSWORD >>>>>>>
Date: 1995/08/05
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