Take this with a grain of salt, as I only have 1 living brain cell left.
But if memory serves me, that unit used a small nicad encased in shrink tube
which was then connected by a wire to a mini Molex connector to the MB. This
supplied the power for the clock/bios. Disconnect the battery then you can
discharge the capacitor which is also in the circuit by bridging the mini
Molex for about 5min.
Just disconnecting the battery will work eventually, but that Cap will run
the clock for a week on some of those systems.
If your still not sure Twix me back later and I'll go out the shop and dig
into the Pit of Ancient Manuals.
Tony
Henry A. Sutter
Hillsborough County Schools
Title 1
901 E. Kennedy Blvd.
Tampa, Florida, 33602
Ph# 813.272.4613 Fx# 813.272.4434
sutter_h@popmail.firn.edu
"You expect me to build a memonic memory device with ..stone knives and
bearskins" SPOCK
-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net]On Behalf Of Andrew Wyatt
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2001 10:37 PM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: [SLUG] Digital Hinote Laptop..
Does anyone know how to bypass the supervisor password on one of these
systems (Digital Hinote Ultra II) without sending it in to compaq? I've
ripped the thing completely apart, and pulled all of the batteries out,
and it is still asking for a password.. There was no sign of a reset
jumper on the system board, and nothing on deja :-(
Looking forward to having another Linux Laptop <g>
Andrew
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