drawfour says “Yes, you can reset the BIOS password, but it requires more than hitting the power button and plugging something in.”
yes, all you need is a command prompt (msdos boot disk) then type:
DEBUG
and hit Enter. You’ll see a dash (-) at the DEBUG prompt. Now type:
o 70 2e
which will show as -o 70 2e at the DEBUG prompt. Hit Enter. Then type:
o 71 ff
and hit Enter. Finally type:
Q
that is one of the ways, there are a few others. don’t work in all situations, but will work in most i’ve had to deal with.
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