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David Spencer <[log in to unmask]>
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Mon, 27 Apr 1998 06:14:59 -0400
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I have to ask... Call me stupid if you must but I'm not sure how that
information was to help me. The reference, as far as I could tell discussed
how the BIOS password is stored in ROM. Perhaps you could enlighten me as to
how I can use this information. I already have the program ami.com and
award.com.

>Here's a URL for just that:
http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/~zabudsk/amibios.htm.


>>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.
>

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