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- From: mbrousse@cs.ulowell.edu (Marc Brousseau)
- Subject: Re: bios password problem (how to bypass)
- Message-ID: <C08p2w.43A@ulowell.ulowell.edu>
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- Organization: University of Massachusetts at Lowell Computer Science
- References: <C06z0E.F4E@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <tomcat.725931722@cwis>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 18:37:44 GMT
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- In article <tomcat.725931722@cwis> tomcat@cwis.unomaha.edu (Jeffrey S. Jo) writes:
- >umfinla5@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Doug Finlayson) writes:
- >
- >>I have a friend who has inadvertently added a password to the bios and
- >>then forgotten it. Is there an easy way to reset the bios , without
- >>attempting to remove the battery ?
- >>I don't know the bios manufacturer .
- >>Is there a default password for AMI bios ,for example?
- >
- >>Thanks for any help,
- >
- >>Doug Finlayson
- I think on AST machines there is an internal jumper that can be changed
- to bypass the password protection scheme.
-