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to: DAVE MCDONOUGH
from: JAMES VAHN
date: 1998-03-15 10:34:00
subject: Re: CMOS

> (btw- to discharge a capacitor just short the 2 leads witha
> screwdriver). I'll have to pull the whole thing apart. I was just
> hoping one of you had a CMOS zapper laying around, but I couldn't use
> it anyways. oh well...
Likely the big fat one next to the external battery connection.
Near the power supply connection.
So what happens if you zap one of the critical CMOS locations
that are checksummed? I get an error here telling me to press
F1 to reset the CMOS, but it's not password protected.
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