SHORTING OUT CMOS SETUP

[kevoram]

got a Zenityh 100Mhz 486 board that I need to bypass a BIOS password. Any help on shorting out the CMOS jumper? Which jumper is it?

[Pantion]

In some motheboard... I said some... there is a jumper to erase the CMOS settings. Use it and then boot-up your computer and enter the BIOS to reconfigure all your settings.

[Butchk]

In some cases the jumper is located next to the battery. Sometimes the jumper has cmos stamped on the board next to it. Every motherboard is different so good luck.

[This message has been edited by Butchk (edited 10-25-1999).]

[kevoram]

Thanks Pant and Butch... I will try it.

[Pantion]

If anything else fails only remove the battery, wait 10 secs or more if you want to go for a drink /forum/smile.gif and then put it were it was. No wrong way with that one.

[card_magic]

I locked myself out of bios once, on some old crappy motherboard. I didn't want to short it out, so I flipped a cable upside down or something that would automatically kick me into bios so I could get rid of it. I doubt it works for most people, it was a pretty crummy board.