SM> There is a much faster way to do this, in most cases.  Many computers
 SM> have a 4-prong connector, often with the second pin  missing,
 SM> which is used to attach the external battery  that you mention
 SM> above.  Attaching a jumper to two of  the pins (usually the last
 SM> two) and waiting for a few  minutes, will discharge the CMOS, wiping
 SM> it out.   After a few minutes, remove the jumper and turn the
 SM> computer on, to see if it did the trick.  On Packard  Bell computers,
 SM> there's often a separate password  jumper connector; just attach
 SM> a jumper, turn the  computer on, and it should then tell you to turn
 SM> the  computer off and remove the jumper. Do this, and turn the
 SM> computer back on, and the password should be gone,  but not the other
 SM> CMOS information.
Yeah.. I've cleared a cmos before by removing a jumper for 10 seconds and 
then replacing it.. but on this motherboard I removed every jumper for 10 
minutes and it's still there. dumb 386. I'm starting to think that it's not 
worth the trouble anyways. :)
... I wanna change the world, but I can't find the source code!
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