the computer will prompt for it when you try to access the BIOS setup. When a Startup password is configured, the computer will prompt for it at every startup.
The CMOS password can be reset by shortening the "CMOS restore to factory defaults jumper" or by temporarily removing the CMOS battery.
6.7.1.10Plug and Play BIOS
Today's BIOS' are Plug_and_play (PnP)- aware. This means they are able to automatically assign resources such as IRQ and DMA to PnP devices.
Information about PnP devices is stored in a separate area of non-volatile CMOS memory, called the Extended System Configuration Database (ESCD). Both the PnP BIOS and the operating system can access this area and communicate with each other about resource settings assigned to PnP devices as well as non-PnP devices. For example, when a fixed interrupt request (IRQ) is manually assigned to a particular device using Device Manager, Windows will write this information to the ESCD on shutdown thereby preventing the BIOS from assigning the same IRQ to a PnP device at startup.
You can also reserve IRQs for non-PnP devices in the CMOS setup, this will prevent the BIOS from assigning these reserved resources to PnP devices, a common example is a legacy sound card that needs IRQ 5.
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