Hi Peter,
I just did one of my web searches and it appears as if you might be
lucky. Some of the ErgoPros seem to have an external jumper to disable
the password checking (how stupid is this?)
http://pq.ozersk.ru/th99/m/txt/31071.txt
http://pq.ozersk.ru/th99/m/txt/30964.txt
http://pq.ozersk.ru/th99/m/txt/33241.txt
I'm aware that neither page matches the type number of your computer,
but it might seem worth a test...
Uwe.
FPR> A friend donated me an old Fujitsu (now Siemens?) Ergopro X PC a few days ago.
FPR> The PC is of the type type nr. X354/166-32-2.0GB, meaning a P166 with 32 MB RAM,
FPR> 2.0 GBytes disk, but extended to 64 MBytes RAM. It's not the latest and fastest,
FPR> but i kind of like the fact that it is a very quiet machine..
FPR> Unfortunately, the thing has a BIOS setup password. Another misfortune is the
FPR> fact that the C-mos battery is dead. These Fujisu PC's seem *not* to follow
FPR> the 'standard' to keep the BIOS password in the C-mos RAM, but they seem to
FPR> store it 'elsewhere'. Clearing the C-mos RAM will -in this case- not clear
FPR> the BIOS password :-( Since the C-mos RAM is unpowered, it cannot boot, because
FPR> it needs setup info, but the setup info cannot be set because it has a BIOS
FPR> password... Is there any way to get this machine 'unlocked'?
FPR> bye,
FPR> Peter Faasse
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