lol... claping forehead and all...
It used to be necessary to write down the BIOS settings because of IDE
geometry settings couldn't be auto-detected. Nowadays it's not a big
deal. Some minor settings can be adjusted as necessary.
And yes, there are tools to save a copy of the BIOS settings (Th
Say, I think someone forgot to tell Bill to copy down the CMOS
settings (like virus-checker OFF) before using the BIOS jumper. I hope
there weren't any other important values that were not the default ones
before doing the BIOS jumper thing.
[claps forehead] Waaait, you can't copy down
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:14:03PM -0800, Trevor Lango wrote:
> It's not smarter; using the bios jumper (at least on my system) resets
> everything, including the password.
Yep, it worked!
It also reenabled some virus-checker which didn't like LILO. Had to disable
that and reboot. ;)
-bill!
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On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 16:02:20PM -0800, Ken Herron wrote:
> --On Friday, January 09, 2004 15:31:59 -0800 Bill Kendrick
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I'm assuming the best way to clear a BIOS's unknown password (and
> >probably any other settings; d'oh!) is to remove the batter for a while.
| -Original Message-
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| [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Margolis
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| Speaking of Mark's jumper suggestion (and maybe
On Fri, Jan 09, 2004 at 04:02:20PM -0800, Ken Herron wrote:
>
> Actually, the normal method is to short out a jumper on the motherboard.
> Look for a single two-pin jumper block somewhere near the battery and/or
> the BIOS chip. Short it out for a couple of minutes while the computer is
> turne
--On Friday, January 09, 2004 15:31:59 -0800 Bill Kendrick
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I'm assuming the best way to clear a BIOS's unknown password (and
probably any other settings; d'oh!) is to remove the batter for a while.
Actually, the normal method is to short out a jumper on the motherboard.
Speaking of Mark's jumper suggestion (and maybe he's talking about the
same thing), won't reading the mo-bo docs and finding the _bios reset_
jumper do the trick? Usually it's a three pin jumper, even on
_jumper-less_ motherboards, and you turn the power off AND upplug the
power. Then you put the
The simpler thing to do would be to get a BIOS password cracker for your
BIOS manufacturer. If you have access to DOS (where most BIOS password
crackers run), it's the quicker way to find the BIOS password.
If that's not an option, look for the battery on the motherboard. The
ones I've seen thes
