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- From: cpg@jet.uk (Dr Chris P Gatcombe)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
- Subject: Re: program to erase AMI BIOS passwd
- Keywords: xxx
- Message-ID: <1992Sep3.092853.24863@jet.uk>
- Date: 3 Sep 92 09:28:53 GMT
- References: <180i5aINN396@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> <1992Sep1.233349.27122@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com>
- Organization: Joint European Torus
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- In <1992Sep1.233349.27122@iscnvx.lmsc.lockheed.com> kevin@dipl.rdd.lmsc.lockheed.com (Kevin Anderson) writes:
-
- ><180i5aINN396@matt.ksu.ksu.edu> writes:
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- >> 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.
-
- >Is this documented by AMI? I've never heard of this before.
-
- It doesn't work on my machine - I just tried it!
- My bios is AMI 7/7/91 (C) 1985-1991
-
- Chris.
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