Super_Pollos Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 ok, yay isnt this just fun???? I got a comp from a family member today and since its better than my 233mhz(P3 450 mhz, much more featured MBoard) i want to use it. BUT! in order for smoothwall to work properly, it needs to be re installed on this new HDD, yet, the BIOS is locked out with a password! what do i do? plug in my windows disk and download a BIOS flash program from Award's website? or is there a way of recovering the password and/ or removing it so i can access the BIOS? Please help! Im comfterable working with the BIOS but I havent encountered this situation b4, so i have no clue what to do. P.S. It was previously a french school computer and it has an Award Bios chip in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshuaH Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Take out the battery from the mother board(Remember to ground yourself first) for a little bit, put back in. See if that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nickisgod1 Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 if the bat doesnt work(it should) you may be able to reset the bios by conneting some pins do a google search for your mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deveant Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Take out the battery from the mother board(Remember to ground yourself first) for a little bit, put back in. See if that works. it can take upto 24h's depending on the Mother Board, unless u short the board to drain power (never recomended). Other than that, old Award set-ups use to have master passwords so since actualy reading the tos, i really shouldnt post a direct link, but umm try this good search: "<bios name> bios master passwords" ie "award bios master passwords" normaly the first found entie is rather good *cough*. hope this helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooper Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 http://www.dewassoc.com/support/bios/bios_password.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super_Pollos Posted January 2, 2007 Author Share Posted January 2, 2007 :oops: OK srry guys, i kinda panicked there as it was late and i was a little off. I found a password list for the Bios and got into it and disabled teh password. Thnx anyways, Andrew (you can lock and/or delete this posting if you want) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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