Cliff Rogers wrote: > > 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. -------------bunch of stuff snipped----------------- > > > > 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 [log in to unmask]