See my message titled 'BIOS Utility' from 5/29. Search the web, I used
google, for these keywords: cbrom.exe and modbin.exe. I found several
articles specifically about Award BIOS passwords.
About taking the battery out: By design, your system is supposed to boot
under this situation. The leading problem is that the hard disk detection
is not set to 'auto', by the default settings so the system won't boot. In
this case, you will get the 'cmos error' message requesting you press del
and enter setup. Load defaults, then Select 'Auto-Detect hard drives'. The
second problem I see is PCI peripherals. I wonder if some sort of
combination of settings, based around the prompt 'plug and play o/s?', can
prevent what happens next, but I usually see the 'new hardware detected'
wizard after a really major touch to cmos, and all my peripherals get their
irq settings shuffled, etc. Whatever, it rarely causes any trouble.
Tom Turak
-----Original Message-----
From: Heidrun Schröder [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 30, 2001 7:11 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: [PCBUILD] Program changed BIOS password
Hi everyone!
You cannot get into the BIOS (Award) any more.
It was impossible when we bought the computer about 2 and a half years ago
but then I found a program that told me general passwords for all kind of
BIOS types and it did work (unfortunately I do not know the name of the
program any more either). But now it does not work any more. The password
is said to be invalid.
I wonder if there is another chance to get rid of that password entirely -
I know, you can take out the battery to get rid of that password. But then
it is said BIOS settings go back to default settings - does that mean
anything in case we never changed anything manually in the BIOS?Will it
work sort of on its own again afterwards or will we have to tell any
unknown strange settings to make the computer work again afterwards?
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