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Re: Setup password

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From: Graeme P Eldred
Date: Sun, 11 Apr 1999 00:00
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In article <uyQX2XBeFID3EwaD@jasper.demon.co.uk>, Mike Tomlinson
<mike@jasper.demon.co.uk> writes
>In article <xyK6vZAwEGD3EwZM@hilloldridge.demon.co.uk>, Graeme Eldred
><graemepe@nospam.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>Am playing with a Tulip 486 but cannot access Setup on boot, as a
>>previous owner has set a password that I don't know.  Is there any way
>>to get around that?  
>
>This will wipe the password *and all other CMOS settings*:
>
>run debug
>
>(the '-' is the debug prompt, you don't type this)
>
>- o 70 10
>- o 71 0
>- q
>
Excellent - done that, it worked & the HDD is still there :)

Thanks.

At least I can enter Setup now.  Not having used a SCSI PC before, I'm
probably missing the obvious here.  The AMI BIOS screen showed no drives
after bootup, and I had to enter Setup to add the floppy (The PC had
booted from C:\).  Fine.  AMI BIOS still shows no HDD, but the HDD is
there, and works.  I notice, though, that the SCSI utility installs (?)
after BIOS, so presumably, the BIOS ignores the SCSI HDD, which is
detected/installed afterwards?
-- 
Graeme
Hertford, England
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From: Graeme P Eldred <graeme@hilloldridge.demon.co.uk>
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