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- From: psb@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Jr Phillip S Buckland)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: program to erase AMI BIOS passwd
- Date: 1 Sep 1992 15:00:42 -0500
- Organization: Kansas State University
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- u2116318@csdvax.csd.unsw.edu.au writes:
-
- >The problem solved, and I wrote a com file
- >to do this , if you can still boot from froppy
- >then you can use this program to change the
- >checksum of cmos data, so next time when
- >you reboot the machine, the computer
- >will say bios checksum error, and then
- >all you previeus setup is gone include (passwd)
-
- Looks like lots of trouble to go to. On later releases of AMI
- BIOSes, all you have to do to reset the CMOS is to press and hold
- the INS key when powering up. The CMOS parameters are then reset
- to their factory defaults.
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- We read the world wrong | Phil Buckland
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