Jasiu wrote: > I'm refurbishing some older computers for the local church. We were > given a G4 350 that is password protected. How do I wipe out the old > disc and reinstall an OS. Is there another way of bypassing the > password that doesn't require reinstalling the OS? Thanks for the > help.
If you are talking about a username and password then boot from an OS CD and look for the Reset Password option. If it's a firmware password then change the memory around, take a DIMM out, put one in or change a slot. Then do a PRAM reset on startup. This will clear the firmware password. Changing the memory lets the system know you have physical access to the inside of the computer and therefore you must be okay, so to speak. -- Clark Martin Redwood City, CA, USA Macintosh / Internet Consulting "I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
