Re: [SLUG] Digital Hinote Laptop..

From: Andrew Wyatt (awyatt@intergate.cx)
Date: Tue Jun 12 2001 - 17:14:33 EDT


Not on this one ;-) it's stored in the RTC, I have to get out the trusty
'ole volt meter, and start checking for voltage heh

On 12 Jun 2001 12:30:50 -0700, ter swartz wrote:
> Do you mean the C-MOS/boot password? This password can
> be set up on most desktops or laptops, so that when
> first booted up, will not let you get past c-mos w/o
> password...only way to dump is to take out the c-mos
> battery. 30 minutes should do the trick, since less
> time may have some residual memory in some capacitors.
> Word of caution..some older machines will have some
> difficulty recognizing hardware when restarted (I'm
> talking about BIOS's before 1997), and you may have to
> manually enter (in the c-mos) some of these values.
> Hope this helps.
> Pete
>
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