Date sent:              Tue, 28 Apr 1998 15:02:09 -0400
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From:                   Chris Breece <[log in to unmask]>
Subject:                Re: [PCBUILD] BIOS Passwords
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> >Actually, there is a backdoor password for most of the systems, as I
> >learned from a computer battery company some time back.  It was an
> >older motherboard with a bad battery, no auto hard drive detect, and
> >someone had entered a password.  I was worried that I couldn't reset
> >the parameters, once the battery was out. While the guy was on the
> >phone, I kept trying his suggestions, and opened it in one minute.

   about this password problem ... I was told that by taking out the battery
   of the motherboard and then attaching the positive and negative poles
   with a little cable would remove the BIOS password.

   Has anybody done such a thing? I would work or it would burn the mobo.

   Thanks.

 Jonathan Navarro
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 Network Manager M.W.F.
 Clarks Grove, Minnesota
 PGP & RSA keys available