Re: [OFFTOPIC] BIOS Password defeat
Some BIOSes allow you to flush them by holding down the INS key on boot.
However, I find the most reliable method is to deprive the CMOS of power.
There's a little watch battery on the motherboard, if you power
off your computer and carefully remove the battery for about 60 seconds,
all the information in the CMOS should evapourate into the aether. Then,
you can put the battery back in and power on your computer again. The
BIOS password should now be gone and you'll have to reset all your BIOS
settings. Be warned, you hard disk geometry will also disappear, so you'd
better have that information handy. You may find it sitting on a label on
your physical hard disk.
On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Ethan Pierce wrote:
> Danel, Try unplugging the unit, and removing the battery. When you pop it back in, it should reset the defaults for the motherboard BIOS settings.
>
> >>> Daniel Reuter <reuter@Uni-Hohenheim.DE> 08/08/00 09:25AM >>>
> 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
>
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