Re: [OFFTOPIC] BIOS Password defeat
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
>
>
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