Re: CMOS Password Prob

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From: Tim Rose
Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 08:48

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thx for ur help EVERYONE!!!
but especially to Chris!!
the addy he sent me had
this little proggy that checks almost
all bioses for its password!
this worked a great treat, i didnt
even lose any previous settings!
once i had done that i had NO troubles
fixing it at all, all works fine now!
thx again EVERYONE!!!

Regards,
Tim Rose
rosetm@one.net.au

Jamie <jamiet@nw.com.au> wrote in message
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> Plenty of 486s sold at the auction on sat
>
> Usually there is a CMOS clear switch or a battery that you can use
>
>
> -JT
> jamiet@nw.com.au
>
>
> "Tim Rose" <rosetm@one.net.au> wrote in message
> news:3a7bbd32$0$23978@echo-01.iinet.net.au...
> > Hi,
> > I help people with there computer troubles
> > and a friends friend, asked me to help them
> > fix their PC.  They bought this 486 @ an auction.
> >
> > It seems to me that the hard drive isn't installed
> > in the BIOS, so, I went into the BIOS, and, uh oh!
> > The original owner of the PC passworded it, possibly to
> > stop little kids getting in there and screwing it up.
> >
> > I know there is a jumper on the motherboard that
> > resets the BIOS back to defaults, Jumper 21 I think.
> > But I'm not sure, I don't know what type of motherboard
> > it is, or anything, all I can tell is it has a SiS 85C407 Chip
> > on it.
> >
> > So if ANYONE has ANY information which could
> > help me, please email me at rosetm@one.net.au
> >
> > Regards,
> > Tim Rose
> > rosetm@one.net.au
> >
> >
> >
>
>

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