how to print cmos settings

[invictus1997]

i plan to erase my cmos mem by removing the battery due to a lost /forgotten password. if i do this i will have to re-enter all my previous cmos settings and im not too familiar with this. i alredy tried to use AWARD_SW (i'm using award bios)but to no avail hence the battery option. can anyone help me bypass the cmos password to lessen the complications. thanks

[BFlurie]

If I remember, some BIOSs do have a key-combination to print out each setup screen, but it'd probably be different for each mobo/BIOS. Just go thru and copy your settings on paper before you clear the CMOS. Also, read your mobo/BIOS documentation (you can find that on the mobo's website if you don't have it) to get familiar with it. It's not as complex as you think.

[Bovon]

From the following sites FAQs
http://www.ping.be/bios/

17. How to hack the password protection ?

Solution 1: for Award BIOSs:
Try these : AWARD_SW, j262 , HLT, SER, SKY_FOX, BIOSTAR, ALFAROME, lkwpeter, j256, AWARD?SW, LKWPETER, Syxz, aLLy, 589589, 589721, awkward, CONCAT


"In the past, Award has defined Award_SW as its default security password. However, this password is now widely known, due to Award's large customer base, so it has lost its original function of security protection.

To reduce the opportunity of security breaches, Award Software International Inc. has canceled this default value in BIOS code with a release date on or after December 19, 1996.

Since no defalt value is predefined for the password, Award OEM customers must use the Award MODBIN.EXE utility, version 4.50.75, to customize their own password prior to releasing products to end users"