Password Option for AMI BIOS Setup Program

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From: Bibhuti Bhusan Banerjee
Date: Fri, 07 Aug 1992 20:28

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I recently bought a 486-33 clone, and was playing around with the
BIOS Setup Program yesterday -- it can be accessed by pressing
the Delete key when booting up the PC. The "Advanced CMOS Setup"
routine under the BIOS Setup Program has a "Password Checking Option."
The options provided are disabled/setup/always. I changed the
setting from "disabled" to "setup" and typed in a password at the
time. Yesterday, I wanted to go into the BIOS Setup Program again,
and of course, I had forgotten the correct password. I tried 
different plausible possibilities, but none worked. Does any expert
on the net know how to find the lost password, or how I may enter
the BIOS with default settings and correct this situation? I do have
a listing of the BIOS settings, but would prefer not to disconnect
the battery to reset the BIOS. 

I hope I make sense in the way I am looking at this. Thanks for any help.

Bibhuti Banerjee
bbb1s@virginia.edu

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From: bbb1s@kelvin.seas.Virginia.EDU (Bibhuti Bhusan Banerjee)
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Subject: Password Option for AMI BIOS Setup Program
Summary: How to find forgotten password?
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