On my ASUS motherboard, you must remove the CMOS battery, like you did, then
change a certain jumper (near the battery, I think) for a couple of seconds
and change it back.  That should do it.

Riley Watkins


----- Original Message -----
From: "Cal Peters" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 6:58 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Dell Latitude CPi bios password


> Hi All,
>
> I'm working on a Dell Latitude CPi that was given to a friend.  The
machine
> came with an administrative password in the bios that prevents me from
> making the cdrom bootable and installing winxp.
>
> I tried removing the battery overnight to try to clear the cmos, but no
> dice.
>
> Is there any way to clear the cmos w/o replacing the chip?  ....or recover
> or clear the admin password?
>
> Thanks for any help....
>
> Cal Peters
> Grandville, MI
>
>
>
>
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