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Date: | Sun, 15 Mar 1998 20:58:32 -0500 |
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Cliff Rogers wrote:
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> G'day, sounds like corrupt CMOS to me.
> 2 ways to fix it.
> 1. get the bios password cracker from the PCBuild page and edit CMOS.
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> > On boot-up, system stops at---
> >
> > 256KB CACHE MEMORY
> > Missing operating system
> >
> >
> > OK---I'll boot from floppy to look at C drive. Put in
> > diskette---same message.
> >
> > Next thing I notice is---Drive A is 5.25", Drive B is 3.5"
> >
> > OK---I'll go into CMOS and rearrange boot sequence. Guess what!
> > It's passworded! Owner doesn't know password! UGHH!! (and I told
> > him I could probably figure this situation out; hmmm....not good)
> >
> > This rookie needs some direction, please.
> >
> > System info---
> >
> > 486DX2
> > Drive A- 5.25"
> > Drive B- 3.5"
> > AMIBIOS date 11/11/92
> > 8MB RAM
newest issue of MS-NEWS Digest happens to have the program your looking
for.
here's the info :
ftp://ftp.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/msdos/sysutl/cmostool.zip 19577
bytes
cmostool.zip CMOSTool v1.0: CMOS utility
CMOSTool is a program for working with CMOS memory. You can delete the
values currently in CMOS memory (which will remove the password), save
values in CMOS memory to a file, load values into CMOS memory from a
file, hex dump the CMOS memory to screen, and write a value to any
address within the CMOS. This program should support 64, 128, and 2048
byte CMOS's.
Special requirements: None.
hope this helps
michael galante
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