shadowfox476
Junior Member
Hi,
I purchased an Aspire One KAV10 LA-4781P netbook at an auction a few months and during the process of installing linux as an OS discovered the BIOS is password protected. In trying to reset the CMOS I discovered that the battery is soldered on and there is no CMOS jumper. The only manual I could find states that there is a CMOS "gap". Unfortunately the manual doesn't match my mobo and in addition I see two gaps, but nothing like in the manual and I'm not sure which one to short to reset.
Here is the manual I found linking to the Aspire One Series
http://tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire one.pdf
And here are some pics of my netbook.
Top (keyboard side)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3436.JPG
Close up of potential gap on top
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3437.JPG
Bottom
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3445.JPG
Close up of potential gap on bottom
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3444.JPG
Note that both gaps, although opposing sides, are both near the CMOS battery
I know your initial response will be to make the person who sold it give me my money back, but thats not really an option, and it was pretty cheap for a netbook and is functional. Its just an issue I would really really like to solve. Thanks for any help in advance!
I purchased an Aspire One KAV10 LA-4781P netbook at an auction a few months and during the process of installing linux as an OS discovered the BIOS is password protected. In trying to reset the CMOS I discovered that the battery is soldered on and there is no CMOS jumper. The only manual I could find states that there is a CMOS "gap". Unfortunately the manual doesn't match my mobo and in addition I see two gaps, but nothing like in the manual and I'm not sure which one to short to reset.
Here is the manual I found linking to the Aspire One Series
http://tim.id.au/laptops/acer/aspire one.pdf
And here are some pics of my netbook.
Top (keyboard side)
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3436.JPG
Close up of potential gap on top
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3437.JPG
Bottom
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3445.JPG
Close up of potential gap on bottom
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/30191066/s2/DSCN3444.JPG
Note that both gaps, although opposing sides, are both near the CMOS battery
I know your initial response will be to make the person who sold it give me my money back, but thats not really an option, and it was pretty cheap for a netbook and is functional. Its just an issue I would really really like to solve. Thanks for any help in advance!
