From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Aug 13 16:33:47 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mission.mvnc.edu (mission.mvnc.edu [149.143.2.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AD76914FA9 for ; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 16:33:39 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from kdrobnac@mission.mvnc.edu) Received: from localhost (kdrobnac@localhost) by mission.mvnc.edu (8.9.0/8.9.0) with SMTP id TAA24915; Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:30:27 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 19:30:27 -0400 (EDT) From: Kenny Drobnack To: Subscriber to freebsd-questions Cc: williamdwoods@etrademail.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: BIOS password (was: Kinda a freebsd question........) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Also, if you don't have the motherboard manual, the jumper to do this is nearly always right next the BIOS and labeled "PWBAT" or some such thing. Also, since you are supposed to jumper it with the power off, I don't see any harm in trying a couple jumpers if you aren't sure which one to use. You know you got it if you boot up and it doesn't ask for a password. BTW, usually it must be jumpered for 3 seconds, and then set back.. > You should read motherboard manual, of course. There is a special jumper > on motherboard that resets the BIOS. But if you haven't manual you can try > to detach BIOS battery.( I have used this trick once when I was > unable to get manual). If your battery is not solder, it is usually > possible to detach one contact. > Andrew. > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > ----- We are now the Knights who say... "Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG! Zoom-Boing! Z'nourrwringmm!" ---- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message