remove the bios settings password

[dark_shadow]

hey all i was wondering if anyone knows a progam that will give me, allow me to change or remove the bios settings password i am asking this because in order to enable boot to cd and boot to floppy i need to turn on the settings in the bios and the person i got the computer from doesnt know password because he got the computer off Ebay. i know i can remove the cmos battery but i would like to use that as a last resort thanks for the help

[litlewiki]

My earlier Bios had jumpers ,three of them.To reset the password one had to short the 2nd and third jumpers to clear the password without removing the battery.But i cant see anything like that on my new motherboard.

Try these default password first
For Award BIOS

AWARD_SW
j262
HLT
SER
SKY_FOX
BIOSTAR
ALFAROME
Lkwpeter
j256
AWARD?SW
LKWPETER
syxz
ALLy
589589
589721
awkward
CONCAT
d8on
CONDO
j64
szyx


For AMI BIOS

AMI
BIOS
PASSWORD
HEWITT RAND
AMI?SW
AMI_SW
LKWPETER
A.M.I.
CONDO


For PHOENIX BIOS

phoenix

You can try this
http://www.codeproject.com/Purgatory/Clearing_CMOS.asp

or this
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downl...s_password.exe

[dark_shadow]

or this
http://www.answersthatwork.com/Downl...s_password.exe

the problem with this is according to the readme i need to use a bootdisk .... i cant boot to floppy or cd that;s the point of getting into the bios and i'm talking about the supervisor / settings password just so everyone knows ( if that even makes a difference)

[Al42]

The entire CMOS goes away if you remove the battery (or the battery jumper) - all passwords, settings, etc. Most modern BIOSs can autoread the hard drive settings, so all you'd have to set manually would be the time and date.

[dark_shadow]

yes i know resetting the battery etc would do that but as i stated i would like to have this as a last resort

[agmorgan]

Why?
It isn't as hard as it sounds.
Just open the case, flip off the battery, wait 30s and put it back.

[OMITT3D]

Yea there's no other way besides popping out the CMOS battery. Like the above person said it only takes a few minutes.

[TomGibbons]

Yea there's no other way besides popping out the CMOS battery...

Well usually there are some pins you can jump as previously mentioned, bit it'll have the same effect to be quite honest.