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Started by Andrew Hemmings
Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:00
AMIBIOS........Please help i`ve lost the password...
Author: Andrew Hemmings
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 1995 00:00
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Hi I have a Packard Bell pentium and the password has been lost. Is there a way to bypass it and then re-enter it? Thanks in advance -- -- ------------------------------------------------------ Andrew Hemmings Kent..England andrew@hemmings.demon.co.uk 100770.3671@compuserve.com ------------------------------------------------------
Re: AMIBIOS........Please help i`ve lost the password...
Author: Francis Solomon
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:00
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In article <46a0bm$en7@Vir.com> boucher@ulix.net "Andr? Boucher" writes: ->In article <56407607wnr@hemmings.demon.co.uk>, -> Andrew Hemmings <andrew@hemmings.demon.co.uk> wrote: ->>I have a Packard Bell pentium and the password has been lost. Is there a way ->>to bypass it and then re-enter it? ->I have read somewhere that removing the battery that is keeping the CMOS alive ->and wait overnight will reset the BIOS password to default value... On some motherboards (this used to be the case, don't know if it will apply here), there is a three-pin jumper next to the battery. The jumper will be attached to one pair of pins (can't remember which....doesn't really matter anyhow). What you do is to change the setting on this jumper.....so if it was jumpered 1-2, you set it to 2-3 and vice versa. Leave it there for about 5 seconds and then put it back in its original position. This has the effect of wiping the BIOS clean so you can start again. Okay, it's a nuisance to set up the entire system again, but modern Ami's are dead simple to set up anyway :) The nice thing is, of course, that it _also_ resets the password on the BIOS. You won't need it to get into the BIOS setup to get the machine going again, but the default password is AMI. Hope this helps Regards Francis -- ============================================================================== || Francis Solomon: francis@blak.demon.co.uk / francis@cmlmicro.demon.co.uk || || All the above is true, for sufficiently false values of true. || ==============Hi! I'm a .sig virus! Copy me and join the fun!=================
Re: AMIBIOS........Please help i`ve lost the password...
Author: Chris Wilson
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:00
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 1995 00:00
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Andrew Hemmings <andrew@hemmings.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have a Packard Bell pentium and the password has been lost. Is there a way to
>bypass it and then re-enter it?
There is a dedicated piece of software to crack the password protection
available.I may have it at work.If disconnecting the battery fails, or
you wish not to lose the bios settings, let me know, and I will see if I
can find it for you.
--
Chris Wilson (Gatesgarth Racing Developments)
Gatley,Cheshire,England
For its' size,"IF" can be a big word.
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