Any good PC-engineer will know a universal password which will unlock the bios. It's a 4-letter code, which works on most bioses. I had the same problem once, but I forgot to note down the code, stupid me. I had a friend who worked in a PC-shop who told me they had this problem at least once a week, where a customer would come in with a PC with a locked bios. They used this common password and voila another satisfied customer who left with his wallet slightly thinner ;-) Repair time, 1 minute!
Hans At 03:24 PM 8/8/00 +0200, Daniel Reuter wrote: >Hello there, > >I found a pretty nice 486 PCI-motherboard in the bulk waste last week, >which I would like to use as secondary computer with debian. The board is >working, but unfortunately, it was setup in a way that you can only boot >from harddisk, and shadow RAM was enabled. So I tried to change the >settings, but the preliminary user has installed a Setup-Password, so that >I can't access the BIOS. I know, that there are ways to get around this, >but I don't know how to do it in this special case. >So does anybody know where to find the necessary information? Is there a >tool for Linux or DOS to access and change BIOS-settings (I could plugin >the harddisk from another computer and try to boot into Linux or use the >small DOS-partition I have on this disk). Or is there some kind of cheat >password, which will always work? >The BIOS is a Phoenix version 4.04. > >Regards, >Daniel > > >-- >Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > --- It's nice to be liked, but better by far to get paid -- Liz Phair
