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- Path: sparky!uunet!utoday!jaflrn!jaf
- From: Jon Freivald <jaf@jaflrn.UUCP>
- Newsgroups: alt.msdos.programmer
- Subject: Re: bios password problem (how to bypass)
- Message-ID: <e7sRwB1w164w@jaflrn.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 02 Jan 93 17:19:01 EST
- References: <C06z0E.F4E@ccu.umanitoba.ca>
- Organization: The Wizzard's Cave, East Meadow, NY
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- umfinla5@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Doug Finlayson) writes:
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- > I have a friend who has inadvertently added a password to the bios and
- > then forgotten it. Is there an easy way to reset the bios , without
- > attempting to remove the battery ?
- > I don't know the bios manufacturer .
- > Is there a default password for AMI bios ,for example?
-
- Depends on the machine... If it's a Zenith, the password is stored in
- N-RAM -- the only way to get the password removed is to return the
- machine to an authorized Zenith repair center to have the chip replaced.
- No, they will not sell the part direct... :-( (Actually, not a bad
- policy, albeit a pain in the @$$.) No BIOS I know of has a "default" or
- "back-door" password...
-
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- Jon Freivald ( jaf%jaflrn@uunet.UU.NET )
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