*** Edward Rutledge wrote in a message to Ole Hejlskov:
ER> As far as a program to reset the CMOS BIOS password?  I have
ER> never heard of such a program, although there may be one out
ER> there.  If someone knows of such a program, how about
ER> letting Ole Hejlskov know about it.
A simple-minded program isn't difficult.  At least TWICE, I've written one on 
the fly to wipe out the CMOS of a computer that has screwed-up settings (this 
happens once in a while, and the cure is to just wipe the CMOS and let the 
BIOS put in default values).
I usually just run up QBASIC:
for a = 0 to 255
   out &h70,a
   out &h71,a
next a
The value written to &H71 can be any value instead of A.  I use A because 
writing 0 sometimes causes the checksum(s) to be correct.  I want them to NOT 
be correct, so that the BIOS will rebuild it all from scratch.
Some computers, such as some Packard Bell models, have a password jumper.
--Scott.
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