-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 >-----Original Message----- >From: Michael Heironimus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 6:38 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [OT] Clearing a BIOS password > >On Mon, Nov 18, 2002 at 09:17:24PM -0500, Mark L. Kahnt wrote: >> Yeah, it's all complicated - simply put, I need to clear the BIOS >> password, and I've forgotten the normal trick (other than removing the >> battery and disconnecting the power supply, and hoping the CMOS is >> static RAM rather than EEPROM - which one guy I know used a number of >> years back for his garage-built line of boxes.) > >Most PC motherboards have a jumper to reset the BIOS to defaults. Now, >finding that jumper is sometimes a little difficult.... It may be marked >in the manual or on a sticker inside the case, though. > >-- >Michael Heironimus >
The jumpers are usually a different color then the rest (black), I've seen red/blue jumpers used, and the jumper is /normally/ close to the battery. Vince Hillier [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://plutonium.homeunix.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0 (Build 349) Beta iQA/AwUBPdnh2EBtW3tWqkVxEQLHjQCggEq6GZs3VhpiNjpvcz8MDU74jBIAn1lx nJKnE6d+TwAo0qGqzAqRaPMW =Rn5s -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
