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To: doniam who wrote (15954)	2/8/2001 5:56:13 PM
From: CatLady	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 110626

You need the motherboard manual. There should be a jumper switch which will erase the password. But it may also reset all the CMOS settings back to the original defaults.

To: doniam who wrote (15954)	2/8/2001 6:47:58 PM
From: Nemer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 110626

if you haven't already done the things reccoed ... try entering a blank password ... by that I mean at the request for password hit enter button ... I'll bet that it will take it ... ---------------------------------------- should that NOT do it .. the jumper which will eliminate the password WILL be indentified in little bitty enseency tincey print on the MB probably with the identifier CPS .... and as Cat Lady said, normally close to the battery itself... and it will be either open (as in the jumper is on one post) or NO jumper at all there it is easy to do ... matter of fact I prefer it to batt removal which "sometimes" gives me problems with the time required to make sure ... 1- turn off box ... you knew that BUT ...reminders aren't bad .....gggg 2- short the two posts with a jumper 3- turn on box .... at this step you will know if you did it right cause the screen will say something like this .. Password cleared by jumper CPS 4- HOLD down the delete key during boot up so that you may enter the BIOS setup to re-enter preferences 5- turn off box 6- remove jumper 7 - turn it on 8 ==== go buy a stock that will GO UP tomorrow .... step 8 is optional ....