my computer died last week, so a friend gave me this empty tower~ all it had in it was 2 CD-R drives, a 3 1/2 " floppy drive. it also had the cables for all the stuff, and the motherboard. well i took stuff i have been accumulalating around the house, and i put together a pretty good pc. but i was too lazy to have to keep re-entering the password that was in the machine every time i logged on.
i put it together. so i went into cmos and tried to disable that password or uinstall it, but the cmos says that there is an administrator that is not me and i need that password to adjust anything in that pc.
so i reset the cmos and now
~the old password is no good"
~enter" is no good, ~escape is no good and now it disables the system. is there anyway that i can somehow get rid of that password and stilll be able to use the system?
it is an:
~award software bios.
~w/win xp pro.
~w/ 520mb ram
everything was fine until i did that and i don't know hw to undo it or how to fix it.
2007-01-06 19:59:39 · 5 answers · asked by breezy b 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
i already reset the cmos and i thought that would clear the password, but instead it made another one~and since i can't put the "secret unknown" password in, it disables the system.
i had to build another pc so i could go online to ask this question. but this pc is not as good as the one i am asking about.
so would taking the battery out be the next step? (unplugged, of course)
2007-01-06 21:04:15 · update #1
i did go to the web site for "award bios/software" and that was no help, either. i emailed support and was sent a form letter that really had no answers. that is why i am here. thank you .
2007-01-06 21:07:15 · update #2
ok~so i took the battery out and left it out for a few hours.
when i put it back in, it still requires a password to make it work : (
breezy
2007-01-07 16:11:25 · update #3
hmmm, if you can check out your mainboard... near the CMOS (you may see the logo or something that identifies "Award BIOS" or something), you may be able to see some jumpers that allow you to reset your CMOS. if in doubt however, you may wanna check out the model of your mainboard/motherboard and check the manual (you may be able to download it from the website of the manufacturer) and see how you can reset the CMOS. it will practically reset that to default values which means no password.
2007-01-06 20:15:21 · answer #1 · answered by Guymelef 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Look on your motherboard, usually by the battery, you should see a jumper that says " cmos ". It will have 3 pins with a jumper on 2 of them. With your computer power turned off change the position of the jumper. If it's on 1-2 jumper change it to 2-3 for a couple seconds to short it out then change it back to 1-2. Restart your comp. You just cleared your CMOS. I recomend that when it comes to passwords in your CMOS..just leave it alone. Hope that helps.
2007-01-06 21:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by Justa_Honay_Guy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could try a manufactures default setting by jumping the bios jumpers, if you know where the jumper pins are on the motherboard,
if not then go to the manufactures web site look for the motherboard manual, you may have to get the number and model off the motherboard and enter it on the website,, you can also download the Bios update along with the manual, also the chipset updates while your at it
good luck
2007-01-06 20:11:22 · answer #3 · answered by Carling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Follow spermfeathers advice only make sure you put back that shiny metal thing (the battery) after you remove it. Also do both the removal and replacement with the power supply disconnected (common sense).
2007-01-06 20:10:43 · answer #4 · answered by youdrivebad 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.infopackets.com/graphics/cmos+battery.gif
2007-01-06 20:02:01 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋