[SOLVED] Pwoer up password

Tomspc · 02-20-2008, 11:50 AM

I brought out an old win98 pc I had laying around to give to someone that had none, but it has a power up password on it. I know what it is but how do I get rid of it totally. I was able to get the network password off but not the power up password. Does anyone know how I can get it out of there. Thanks.

**sobeit** · 02-20-2008, 11:52 AM

just go into the bios and delete it.

Tomspc · 02-20-2008, 11:55 AM

And how do I do that exactly? Not sure how to get there

**Done_Fishin** · 02-20-2008, 12:24 PM

Enter BIOS as you power on
look for the section with your passwords
set the new password to nothing when you just hit enter

talldude123 · 02-21-2008, 01:34 PM

You might want to remove the motherboard BIOS battery, wait about 5-10 minutes, and put it back in. That will change your motherboard to its defaults.

**Done_Fishin** · 02-21-2008, 02:22 PM

doesn't normally get rid of passwords though ..

there's also the madboot floppy that allows you to boot and zero your BIOS .. but it zeroes everything back to defaults as well as passwords , so you need to know how to reconfigure your BIOS afterwards. Some old SOYO motherboards required a special setting when used with Cyrix CPU's ..

Tomspc · 02-21-2008, 04:29 PM

I did manage to finally get into the bios, after about 5 tries, and got rid of the password as Done_Fishin suggested. Thanks to all for the advice.

Jlp1928 · 02-22-2008, 04:29 AM

Hi all,

Just a hint. On most motherboards 5 or10 minutes is not enough to reset the BIOS setup. Some take as long as several hours. Just depends on the guy that designed the board. Gives you time to change the batt without dumping the settings. Also must have all power removed, that is switched off at the back of the Power Supply or unplugged from the Wall outlet. Also main battery removed on laptops. Maybe this will help someone.

Jim

02-20-2008, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
Tomspc Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern Pa. Posts: 22 OS: XP	[SOLVED] Pwoer up password I brought out an old win98 pc I had laying around to give to someone that had none, but it has a power up password on it. I know what it is but how do I get rid of it totally. I was able to get the network password off but not the power up password. Does anyone know how I can get it out of there. Thanks.

02-20-2008, 11:52 AM	#2 (permalink)
sobeit TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: NEAR Posts: 5,285 OS: windows/linux	Re: Pwoer up password just go into the bios and delete it. __________________ Do not feed the trolls.

02-20-2008, 11:55 AM	#3 (permalink)
Tomspc Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern Pa. Posts: 22 OS: XP	Re: Pwoer up password And how do I do that exactly? Not sure how to get there

02-20-2008, 12:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 5,038 OS: Win ME, Win XP Pro SP3, Ubuntu 7.04, Mepis 6.5 My System	Re: Pwoer up password Enter BIOS as you power on look for the section with your passwords set the new password to nothing when you just hit enter __________________ D_F How to mark your thread as solved

02-21-2008, 01:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
talldude123 Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Victoria, BC, Canada Posts: 23 OS: Windows XP Home SP2	Re: Pwoer up password You might want to remove the motherboard BIOS battery, wait about 5-10 minutes, and put it back in. That will change your motherboard to its defaults.

02-21-2008, 02:22 PM	#6 (permalink)
Done_Fishin Moderator Hardware Team Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Brit living in Greece Posts: 5,038 OS: Win ME, Win XP Pro SP3, Ubuntu 7.04, Mepis 6.5 My System	Re: Pwoer up password doesn't normally get rid of passwords though .. there's also the madboot floppy that allows you to boot and zero your BIOS .. but it zeroes everything back to defaults as well as passwords , so you need to know how to reconfigure your BIOS afterwards. Some old SOYO motherboards required a special setting when used with Cyrix CPU's .. __________________ D_F How to mark your thread as solved

02-21-2008, 04:29 PM	#7 (permalink)
Tomspc Registered User Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern Pa. Posts: 22 OS: XP	Re: Pwoer up password I did manage to finally get into the bios, after about 5 tries, and got rid of the password as Done_Fishin suggested. Thanks to all for the advice.

02-22-2008, 04:29 AM	#8 (permalink)
Jlp1928 Registered User Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 314 OS: Win98	Re: [SOLVED] Pwoer up password Hi all, Just a hint. On most motherboards 5 or10 minutes is not enough to reset the BIOS setup. Some take as long as several hours. Just depends on the guy that designed the board. Gives you time to change the batt without dumping the settings. Also must have all power removed, that is switched off at the back of the Power Supply or unplugged from the Wall outlet. Also main battery removed on laptops. Maybe this will help someone. Jim