I forget my BIOS Password, is there anyway I can open my BIOS setting? *** Please help me real quick, so desperate***

[stingbandel]

Hi, I want to add another hdd and it doesn't detech my harddrive. So I need to go to the BIOS setting to detech that first. The problem is my girlfriend forget the BIOS password so I can't go to the BIOS setting. Is there anyway I can open the BIOS setting or depassword the BIOS setting? The motherboard is an old one and I believe it's as ASUS motherboard. The speed is for pentium 133. Since I need to install this real quick, can someone help me out on this one? Thansk in advance.

Darno

nb: I also post this question on the Motherboard forum since I am not sure where to ask and really need help with this problem.

 

[Coki]

Clear or Re-set the BIOS via a jumper. If you still have a motherboard manual look where CLEAR CMOS jumper is located. Move the jumper to the right pins for like 2 seconds and return the jumper to the original position.

That should do it.

 

[stingbandel]

Coki, I don't have the manual so I don't know where the jumper is. Is there any specific word on the motherboard that I can see? thanks


Darno

 

[DAM]

look, you have to check what type of BIOS it is, to my knowledge there are some BIOS that have like a backdoor password, i know this for some award BIOS, but you have to make a pretty darn good search for them, so good luck man, otherwise, find a manual and flash the sucker.




dam()

 

[vi edit]

Look for a jumper near the battery called "RTCLR" Pull the jump and slide it over a pin.

Let it sit there for a few seconds, and then slide it back over to it's original position.

That should clear the BIOS.

 

[stingbandel]

there is another problem now. I can't find the battery. I dunno where it is. I've been looking for it. thanks anyway, I'll keep looking for it. thanks a lot for all the helps

Darno

 

[vi edit]

The battery should be a silver disk about the size of a quarter. They are usually located on the lower right hand side of the motherboard. It will be twords the front of the case at at the bottom.

It should be near to where a bunch of wires from the case connect to the motherboard.

 

[stingbandel]

vi: somebody told me that old motherboard doesn't have battery so I got his recommendiation to cut one of the led cables and hopefully got it to work. thanks

Darno