CD Action 48/cdactioncoverdisc482000.iso/hard/wbios10.exe/Faq.txt

Text File | 2000-01-03 | 2KB | 33 lines

Because I got a lot of mail during the last weeks I'm going to write
a FAQ for my BIOS program. Please understand that it will start in a
very small size.

Q: How must I use the BIOS program?
A: Just go to the Command Prompt and enter BIOS <RETURN>. It will then
show you all available command line parameters with a short
description.

Q: I never used such crazy passwords like "AKAKALXZ" (AWARD Bios).
A: In Award setup you may enter a password which is 8 characters long.
This means you have over 2E+11 different possibilities (if you only
use big characters). Award saves those passwords in an encrypted form
in two bytes, which means there are only 65536 different possibilities.
So, there is the same encrypted value for many different passwords.
The Bios setup can only build the checksum of the enterd password and
compare it to the saved. So it's alright if you enter a password which
has the same encrypted value than the original password.

Q: The program shows a wrong Bios vendor and totally wrong passwords.
A: This means that your Bios vendor isn't yet implemented and so the
program tries the algorithms for the most possible vendor. This is also
the cause why the shown passwords are wrong. Please read the included
file SUPPORT.TXT and follow the instructions if you want me to update
the program for your Bios.

Q: The program shows a wrong Bios version or wrong passwords.
A: This means that your Bios version isn't yet implemented and so the
program tries the algorithms for the most possible version. This is also
the cause why the shown passwords are wrong. Please read the included
file SUPPORT.TXT and follow the instructions if you want me to update
the program for your Bios.