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Article #208Re: CMOS Password Prob
From: Jamie
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 11:58
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2001 11:58
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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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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10e59b,b3e29cb0bf174d16 X-Google-Attributes: gid10e59b,public X-Google-Thread: ff9b0,b3e29cb0bf174d16 X-Google-Attributes: gidff9b0,public X-Google-Thread: 1056b9,b3e29cb0bf174d16 X-Google-Attributes: gid1056b9,public X-Google-Thread: fac9d,b3e29cb0bf174d16 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac9d,public X-Google-Thread: 108c83,b3e29cb0bf174d16 X-Google-Attributes: gid108c83,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-02-04 03:50:07 PST From: "Jamie" <jamiet@nw.com.au> Newsgroups: wa.general,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte,alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.giga-byte,alt.comp.periphs.gigabyte,aus.computers References: <3a7bbd32$0$23978@echo-01.iinet.net.au> Subject: Re: CMOS Password Prob Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001 19:58:51 +0800 Lines: 38 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 NNTP-Posting-Host: as4-035.nw.com.au Message-ID: <3a7d3554@usenet.per.paradox.net.au> X-Trace: 4 Feb 2001 18:56:20 +0800, as4-035.nw.com.au Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!supernews.google.com!sn-xit-02!sn-xit-03!supernews.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!news-out.usenetserver.com!feed2.onemain.com!feed1.onemain.com!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.uwa.edu.au!news.waia.asn.au!usenet.per.paradox.net.au!as4-035.nw.com.au