mythos1959
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reset bios password
I am working on a gateway p5-100xl. I need to get into setup to install an operating system, but it has a password. This is an old piece of junk that a friend asked me look at.
Anyone know how to reset the bios password?
Anyone know how to reset the bios password?
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no cmos battery.....
no sure which jumper is the right one
no sure which jumper is the right one
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yes, it is an old piece of poo poo....I have figured out how to reset the password....with a hammer...am going to give the guy one of my old 233mhz....less problems...but thanks again
The only "logical and approved" methods so to speak to reset a BIOS password is like was previously mentioned, resetting a jumper pin, powering on with the CMOS battery removed, or the method you will only hear about behind a dumpster of Denny's (lol) which is actually discharing static to the mobo. Make sure all chips like CPU and RAM are removed, and if you send a small static charge through the motherboard, it is rumored to clear out the BIOS. I have never actually tried it, but I have heard it works. But that is definitely a last case scenario.
Normally by taking out the CMOS battery or resetting the jumpers can reset the BIOS options to default values, thus removing the BIOS password also.... have you tried it yet?? :)