Award Bios v4.51PG password problem

[Virginia_Jim]

I tried to disable my password in CMOS, it came back password disabled. After exit and save and rebooting it came back asking for a password and the old one didn't work. Figure.

I've tried the CMOS reset by using the insert key during reset; didn't reset CMOS.

Now I've found the CMOS Clear jumpers on the MB. Shorted them while computer was off; didn't remove password. Shorted them after turning the computer on; didn't work.

How do you reset CMOS on a MT5576 Pentium PCI with Award Bios v4.51PG.

Please help.

Jim

[Bob-NB]

I am not familar with your board, but here is a utility which "kills" the cmos and re-sets to the original default settings that might work. Its available at: www.nettally.com/waldoe/freeware/new.html (http://www.nettally.com/waldoe/freeware/new.html)

Here is what the site says about the program

K-CMOS32.ZIP 39KB 09-27-96 Bypass forgotten CMOS passwords or corrupt CMOS settings - KillCMOS basically "resets" your computer's CMOS settings to the factory defaults. Works with ALL CMOS. KiLLCMOS only changes checksums & values that makes the motherboard CMOS revert back to factory defaults. ** IT DOES NOT ReProgram your CMOS like a FLASH ROM Writer does. ** IT DOES NOT DAMAGE Hardware. KiLLCMOS reads/writes to areas of the CMOS that gets written to everyday the difference is the VALUES that we give it(cmos)

Good luck.

[GB]

Take out the battery and put it back. It clears CMOS. You have to reset then, so write down your CMOS/BIOS settings.

Hope that will help you.

[rl]

some mobo's also have a little jumper you have to use while the battery is out to clear the capacitors on the board, so the cmoas loses all its settings