Hi All...
I had a similar problem...
I was not able to get into the cmos setup of an old machine....
but accidentally I found out the way...
once I happened to switch on the machine without connecting the hdd...
the machine halted with a message like...
........HDD failure press F2 to enter setup............
I pressed F2 and voila!! I was in.
But otherwise even if I press F2 it doesn't get into it.
Benz
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Avinash S. Chinchalkar [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 1999 10:01 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [LI] Problem with Power on Password / PCMCIA
>
> Hi ,
> Compaq systems uaually have F1 or del key for CMOS setup, but
> if
> power on password is set i dont think you will be able to boot even
> from
> floppy drive.
> If you are able to boot from floppy (Not likely) or any other
> means....
>
> * All you can do is, run any program that wipes out the CMOS data, but
> this
> will wipe out all other info also. For this you will find lots of
> programs
> available on net.
>
> * Or open the system, short the CMOS battery discharge jumpers (if you
> know
> which one or if you have the motherboard manual)
>
> Regards,
> Avi.
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