4 Deleting a Password
If you forget the passwords you set up through WINBIOS Setup, the only way you can restart the computer is to erase the system configuration information where the passwords are stored. System configuration data is stored in CMOS RAM, a type of memory that consumes very little power.
Erase Old Password You can drain CMOS RAM power via J29 on the motherboard. J29 is a
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