I may be behind the times, but I understood that setting the jumper was to
erase the CMOS settings to default, NOT clearing the BIOS. An easier way to
clear the CMOS settings is to use the KILLCMOS utility that is available at
our www.freepctech.com site.

If the BIOS indeed needs to be "cleared" - meaning you need to flash it to a
new version, it would usually involve a boot floppy with a utility and the
BIOS code on it. If the BIOS was damaged for some reason, then a new BIOS
ROM would need to be physically installed before such an upgrade could be
done.

Do the new motherboards actually have some non-flashable portion of the BIOS
that will clear the flashable portion? I am not aware of any such
capability. Please let me know if there is.

Peter
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> -----Original Message-----
> On most mb's there is a jumper very near the battery. Usually 
> this is the jumper that will clear the bios. the jumper is 
> normally set up on 2 of three pins. Clearing the bios 
> requires changing the jumper from pins 1 & 2 to pins 2&3 for 
> just a few seconds. Then replace the jumper to its original 
> position. The bios should then be set back to all of its 
> default settings. If a bios upgrade was done anytime after 
> the machine was originally set up, the upgrade will also be 
> gone, and in most cases, should be flashed again.
> 
> Dean Kiley

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