Help! (fail-safe turnon method for mobo)

[Amorphus]

I have an 8rda+, with BIOS 3507 (its an Award BIOS, I believe).

okay, this BIOS allows for me to use a power-on password (computer will not turn on without the password being type don the keyboard - power button, nothing else does anything to wake the computer up)

well, I forgot it

is there any way to FORCE the motherboard to turn on? as in a backup way...

also, yes, I have tried clearing the CMOS. I've don the whole "remove motherboard from all power, remove CMOS battery, unplug PSU, turn off PSU, set jumper on CLEAR for an hour" thing. no beans.

anyone? this is ticking me off.

thanks.

 

[xSauronx]

i dunno
but i hope you didnt unplug your kb by accident....youd end up feeling silly

maybe you could manually short the soft-power switch pins with a flat screwdriver and get it to power up *shrug*

 

[Muse]

Contact Epox. Good luck. I don't know why you are using a PW. I have my box configured to turn on the same time every day. Works with my Epox 8K7a and my MSI KT3 Ultra2. I use freeware PowerOff to turn them off when I want that.