[90881] in Cypherpunks
Re: BIOS Help
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brandon Crosby)
Tue Nov 25 10:21:16 1997
From: Brandon Crosby <bcrosby@mncs.k12.mn.us>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 08:26:47 -0600 (CST)
Reply-To: Brandon Crosby <bcrosby@mncs.k12.mn.us>
> Hi Brandon,
>
> > Does anyone know where specs for Award BIOS chips are? I accidentily
> > locked mine and lost the password.
> Contact Award directly. If you have the data off the tag on the BIOS chip as
> well as the version data on boot you should be able to get a technical
> manual for the particular BIOS your computer uses. Note however that these
> manuals are generaly not cheap, sometimes costing a couple hundred dollars.
> The reason for the price is that it describes the BIOS to such a deep
> extent.
>
> Review your motherboard, there is usualy a jumper that allows the BIOS
> to be reset. The process usualy goes like:
>
> - turn computer off
> - locate jumper and short with a shorting-block
> - turn computer on then off
> - remove the shorting-block
> - the BIOS should be reset
>
> Don't know if Award has a webpage but you might try www.award.com or one
> of the search engines.
>
Thanks for your help [and, to someone else for the default password].
OK, not much of a thankyou, I guess... [The default passwd worked]
What is a 'Magic Password'?
-Brandon Crosby
