On 2/11/2011 4:20 PM, Retired wrote:
> ASUS 5189-1661
I take it that your idea is to find the 'clear CMOS' jumper so that you can
start over, hoping that clearing it will kill the password. Typically this
will be a 3-pin group with a jumper on, for example 1-2, and moving it to
the other side will disconnect the battery and short out the holding
capacitor on the CMOS VCC line. If you cannot identify the jumpers with
certainty there is another way to achieve the same result: turn off and
_unplug_ the computer, physically remove the battery, connect a resistor of
at least 10Kohm across the two exposed battery terminals on the MB and wait
a few minutes, remove the resistor replace the battery, plug in and turn
on. The CMOS will, for better or worse, have been cleared. There is _no_
_guarantee_ that this will actually clear the BIOS password and allow you
to get into it but the process has worked for me in the past. If you have
gotten to the stage where the computer asked for the password then you at
least have found the magic key combination so you have a starting point. As
you undoubtedly know the documentation for this HP computer is pathetic in
the extreme and contains not a single hint of 'technical' information.
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