At 06:06 PM 9/5/99 +0000, you wrote:
>I have a somewhat functional no-name 486SLC66 with AMI BIOS
>
>I'd like to get in to the setup, but it's passworded and the
>owner, of course, hasn't got a clue what the password is or who
>would even know
>
>Is there a way to clear the BIOS password setting and get it
>to reset to some defaults so that I can get in there and set some
>hardware up. No problem with losing important data - the poor
>machine is stripped - no H/D and 1 Meg of RAM.
>
>Can somebody advise - or am I dead in the water?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Bob
There is a jumper on the board to drain the CMOS or you could also remove
the battery if it's a pop-out battery. The jumper is gentler, but without
a spec sheet on the board, hard to find.
If you drain it, it will revert to factory settings and lose the
password. You will then have to reset any non-factory settings. For the
jumper, wait time is +-5 sec. at the alternate setting, then return the
jumper to original place before re-powering the machine. Oh, be sure it's
off, and that you are at the same electrical potential as the board.
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