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 > > > > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.703 / Virus Database: 459 - Release Date: 6/10/2004 > > PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download > visit our download web page at: > http://freepctech.com/downloads.shtml > > Do you want to signoff PCBUILD or just change to Digest mode - visit our web site: http://freepctech.com/pcbuild.shtml