CMOS Password Prob

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From: Tim Rose
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 08:19

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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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From: "Tim Rose" <rosetm@one.net.au>
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Subject: CMOS Password Prob
Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2001 16:19:34 +0800
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