Removing BIOS Passwords:

To clear the User or Supervisor passwords through hardware, open the WLAN door and use a metal instrument to short the J1 jumper.

Cleaning BIOS Passwords

To clean the User or Supervisor passwords using software utilites, perform the following steps:

1.From a DOS prompt, execute clnpwd.exe

2.Press 1 or 2 to clean the desired password shown on the screen.

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