*OT* BIOS password *OT*

[Terry]

Got given an old (PII) computer..but the BIOS is password protected.
Can anyone tell me how I can clear the BIOS password??

Remove the motherboard battery for a while.

 

[Fran]

If it is Award or Ami bios, you can find crackers on the net, try google

 

[Steve H]

Remove the motherboard battery for a while.

Download the manual for it first - some mo'boards have a jumper on the
board that wipes the bios.

http://venus.spaceports.com/~canada/webhq/index2.html

Regards,

 

[CHarneyCHRIS]

easy,remove the motherboard battery for 1 minute and then put it back

 

[REMbranded]

"ChipShop..." <ejgn@*remove*gmx.net> wrote:

Excuse the off topic question..but this is my (flatter) favourite group
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Got given an old (PII) computer..but the BIOS is password protected.
Can anyone tell me how I can clear the BIOS password??

There are many free crackers. Just find one for the BIOS brand that
you have from the site below if you prefer not to pop the top.

http://www.password-crackers.com/crack.html#AMI

 

[ChipShop...]

Excuse the off topic question..but this is my (flatter) favourite group
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Got given an old (PII) computer..but the BIOS is password protected.
Can anyone tell me how I can clear the BIOS password??

Regards..
ChipShop

 

[Lee Babcock]

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Got given an old (PII) computer..but the BIOS is password protected.
Can anyone tell me how I can clear the BIOS password??

Regards..
ChipShop

There should be a jumper with three pins near the battery. With the
machine off, move the jumper to the other side and turn on power for a
few seconds. Turn off power, move jumper back and turn on machine.
You will have to set up all info in the BIOS again.
Regards
Lee

 

[Guest]

Hi:

The olny thing I can suggest is wipe the Cmos settings by removing the
batters.. It may be easier than looking for a jumper to do it.

Be careful once you do.. you'll have to re-change settings of bootup like
hard drives installed, and all kinds of other settings.

I know that the old Award CMOS had a default password.. you can use whetever
password you set OR you coulds type this 4 letter password in and it would
let you in no matter what password was set.. I bielieve they changed it, or
removed this feature.

Good luck setting it up
-Larry B



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| Excuse the off topic question..but this is my (flatter) favourite group
| (\flatter)!
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| Got given an old (PII) computer..but the BIOS is password protected.
| Can anyone tell me how I can clear the BIOS password??
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| Regards..
| ChipShop
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