Maybe obvious... Jumper resets sometimes require you to power on the computer, then turn it off and restore the jumper to its normal position. Is this what you did? If not, try it. At this point, it shouldn't hurt...

Paul A. Shippert
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Harvey Rose <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I work in a housing complex and someone threw out the computer in the 
>snow bank. I rescued it this spring and cleaned it up, it was full of 
>dust.  I got error on the screen so tried a different video card as mine 
>own computer had the same graphic card Geforce 8800GT. This solved that 
>problem but it is asking for a password. I've taken off the jumper to 
>reset the password and have removed the motherboard battery to reset the 
>CMOS but still asking for the system password. Maybe I have not left the 
>jumpers or battery out long enough? I at least waited 10 minutes. Does 
>Dell have a special password? The only thing I see wrong really is the 
>graphics card and it was so dirty. Pressing F2 or F12 doesn't do anything.
>There is only one hard drive in it. According to Dell it has Windows 
>Vista on it. I was thinking of putting Linux on it if I can't get the 
>Windows to work.
>
>Harvey Rose
>
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