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  1. July 14th, 2003, 07:23 AM #11
    Deathkne11
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    Ok, I thought I'd get back to you guys and provide you with a bit of a 'newbie laugh'.

    Remember how I said that I had recovered my memory (my brain memory, not the 'puter)? Well I went into the BIOS again and had a fudgin' brainstorm! (yeah, right!)

    I went into the

    > Set User Passoword

    and then pushed enter twice. It said: "Password Disabled" I said: "Hallaluja!!"

    I then saved the CMOS and exited. I went back in just to see if it worked, and - presto - things are now 'changeable'!

    Remember, I'm still learning...

    Thanks for all your help anyways, it got me thinking (I know, I should have been from the start....sheesh), and provided me with some suggestions.     That's Tops!!


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  2. July 14th, 2003, 07:29 PM #12
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    pull the power cord, remove the batter, go get something to drink and be done with it already.
    TH13 gave you the answer.

    some momboards have a single pair of jumper pins (marked j29 i think) which you have to short but you should check the manual first (after you find it). so much trouble just take the juice away for awhile and let it reset itself
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  3. July 14th, 2003, 07:39 PM #13
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    Tedob1: Nah, I don't have to now. I fixed it without having to do that - although it was my next step to do so.
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  4. July 14th, 2003, 07:43 PM #14
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    Won't removing the battery erase all the data?
    Yes it will, your computer is now a washing machine...

    ... that is until you go into the bios setup and it re-reads all of the I/Os on the motherboard. Older BIOS's will force you to manually enter things like "I have a floppy connected, here - A hard drive on IDE 0, etc. New one's read it all nice and neat.
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