topic Re: Winxp CMOS in Operating System - Microsoft

Winxp CMOS

truong_6 — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:00:43 GMT

I receive 01 laptop from my office. it is setup password on CMOS, I would like to change it but I do not know how to access CMOS.

thanks

Re: Winxp CMOS

Bruno Ganino — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 09:20:18 GMT

What is your system (brand and model) ?
Bruno

Re: Winxp CMOS

Norman_21 — Fri, 09 Jul 2004 21:38:28 GMT

When you switch on the PC, keep on pressing the F10 key or the Del Key or F2 key. look at the bottom of the screen on the left corner of the screen, you should see something like Press ? key to access the BIOS Setup or something like that?

You have to know the CMOS password to into it. Get the password from the person who gave you the Laptop.

Let us know if you have more questions.

Re: Winxp CMOS

Thomas Bianco — Mon, 12 Jul 2004 10:29:43 GMT

most of the time you can reset the bios password by removing the cmos battery (not the big one that drives the laptop, but the small watch-sized one inside). get a good screwdriver and start tearing it down.

it's either in a very accessable place (like behind a memory cover) or in a VERY hard to reach place. look for a plate shaped object (either silver or coated in srinkwrap with 2 wires extending out) about an inch in diamater.

keep a log of which parts go where, as compaq and HP were both bad about using strange screw configurations.