Help with OLD laptop

[Wheezer]

I got an old Compaq laptop from a friend of mine for helping him remodel a bathroom. It's a Compaq Contura 4/25c. The battery is bad but it will run from the wall plug adaptor. After it checks the memory a key symbol comes up and I am assuming it needs a pass word. It belonged to his ex and so he has no clue what it is, can I remove the battery for the CMOS and reset it so it does not need a pass word? Thanks.

 

[gar598]

taking the cmos battery out should do it

 

[Workin']

That may or may not remove the password. For example, removing the CMOS battery will not remove the password on IBM ThinkPads. Don't know about Compaq. Try it and see.