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

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From: Steve Thompson
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 1995 00:00

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In article <807703629.2672@cheam.demon.co.uk>,
   martin@cheam.demon.co.uk (Martin Veasey) wrote:
>Hovsep Derboghossian <hovsep@ucla.edu> wrote:
>
>>  I have a 386 motherboard with an AMI BIOS dated 08/08/93.  I've 
>>  never heard of back doors until recently.  How does one use 
>>  this password?  Do I enable password checking, then enter it, 
>>  or is it entered at some other point.
>
>It's used if (and only if) you forget your own defined BIOS password.
>If you disconnect the motherboard battery, your CMOS settings will
>discharge and the password is replaced by a hard-coded default which
>you then change again for your own password.
>
>What happens if you don't know the default password? I don't know.
>Maybe AMI could tell you what it is.
>
>
>Martin Veasey                     | INTERNET lives
>e-mail : martin@cheam.demon.co.uk |  in Cheam, Surrey, England
>

On some AMI bios's there was a backdoor password of AMI.

Try it and see if it works.


Steve.

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From: Steve@dden.demon.co.uk (Steve Thompson)
Subject: Re: <<<<< Back door PASSWORD Award bios >>>>><<<<< PASSWORD >>>>>>>
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