On Apr 19, 11:34*am, "Geoffrey S. Mendelson"
wrote:
mike wrote:
All right, I got a copy of it, will try that later today.
Thanks

Walking in late, and not having a clue as to what computer you are talking
about,

If you read the first post in the thread that info will be revealed to
you.

desktop PC's since 1990 have batteries to keep the CMOS RAM intact.
There was a brief flirtation with clock chips with batteries built in, some
which also had the CMOS RAM on them, but they are long obsolete.

Modern ones use lithium coin cells in little holders. PC/AT computers and
most 386/486 ones used external batteries which pluged into the motherboard
and the later 386/486 had NICAD batteries (all of which must of leaked and
died 10 years ago).

If it has a lithim coin cell, the easiest thing to do is to remove it and
wait an hour. You can also find a "clear CMOS" jumper on the motherboard,
you set it, turn on the power, wait until BIOS text appears on the screen, turn
off power and remove the jumper.

If it's a laptop, you can often find a clear CMOS jumper hidden inside or
take out the battery and let it sit overnight. Modern laptops use capacitors
to hold the CMOS settings for a few hours with no battery.

Some of the BIOSes have "backdoor" passwords in them, you should google the
exact model of your laptop/desktop motherboard for more information.

You can also google BIOS password, or BIOS backdoor.

I usually DAGS first these days, don't want to look like an idiot,
don't ya know

Geoff.

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