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- From: hcp@csx.cciw.ca (H.C. Pulley)
- Subject: Re: Help!...CMOS Password!
- Organization: Canada Centre for Inland Waters
- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 20:28:04 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.202804.20090@csx.cciw.ca>
- References: <4434@winnie.fit.edu> <1992Nov19.155224.20802@crpmks.uucp> <1992Nov23.180751.24906@PacBell.COM>
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- In article <1992Nov23.180751.24906@PacBell.COM> jcwasik@srv.PacBell.COM (Joe Wasik) writes:
- >In an article (Brian Fritz/ ADVISOR Russell (MAE)) writes:
- >>I thought it was strange that someone would put a password on a
- >>computer and then forget the password. Well, it turns out that a friend
- >>who I work with has played a prank on me and now I can't get in my
- >>PC...is there any way to erase the password by removing the cmos chip
- >>or something??
- >
- >AMI suggests to remove the batteries from inside your PC and leave the
- >machine without any power for at least 30 minutes. Hope this helps...
-
- If your motherboard has a CLR-CMOS jumper then you can clear the CMOS (and the
- password) much faster. Just short out the jumper for a few seconds and you
- should be in business.
-
- I hope you know your hard drive type/parameters though...all CMOS (not just the
- password) is zeroed by this method (and by the battery removal method as well).
-
- Harry
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