Aye, and almost all laptops made in the past 15-20 years are jumperless, and that includes bios clear.
Try yanking out the main battery and the nvram battery. While letting it sit a few hours, goggle for bios password reset info for that model. -- John W Reames jwrea...@comcast.net Home: +14106646986 Mobile: +14437915905 On Dec 4, 2010, at 9:22, Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Most motherboards identify the BIOS jumper with small letters next to the > jumper. Another clue is that the BIOS jumper is usually off by itself. > Third clue is that many motherboards made in the last 7-8 tears are > "jumperless" meaning the processor jumpers are not there, and that makes it > easier to find the BIOS jumper. > > >> Should be a jumper o the MB somewhere that will reset the password. >> >> Do some Googleing and see. That is typical with a desktop machine - if >> there is a BIOS password the removal and replacement of the password jumper >> clears the password. >> >> Dan >> >> --- On Sat, 12/4/10, l02tur...@comcast.net <l02tur...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >>> From: l02tur...@comcast.net <l02tur...@comcast.net> >>> Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT Need computer help >>> To: "Mercedes Discussion List" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> >>> Date: Saturday, December 4, 2010, 8:17 AM >>> OK Guys - >>> I have a similar problem on a used Dell Laptop- but it >>> seems the PO passworded the BIOS. Before Win launches >>> it asks for a PW and so far nothing has gotten me past >>> it. I asked Dell (IIRC) for help and they wanted all >>> kinds of history - like the PO it was bought on, when, how >>> much, etc. Naturally I don't have any of that. Right >>> now it's a $25 doorstop. >>> ;-) >>> >>> I'll try some of the solutions you all mentioned... >>> >>> LarryT >> > 91 300D >> > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
