Removing a Password

If you have forgotten your password and you do not want to set a new one, there are two ways to remove the current password:

tl Disable the existing password

Q Disable the password function.

To do either of these procedures, you must reset a jumper on the main system board.

 

If you are using network server mode and you remove the

 

 

password, the computer automatically turns off network

 

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You should disable the existing password if you want to be able to set a new password later without having to reset a jumper. See “Disabling an existing password,” below, for instructions.

If you disable the password function, you cannot set a new password unless you disable the existing password at that time. If you do not want to use a password anymore, follow the instructions under “Disabling the password function” below.

Disabling an existing password

If you do not know your power-on password and do not want to set a new one, follow these steps to disable the existing password:

1.Turn off the computer. Then follow the instructions under “Changing the Jumper Settings” in Chapter 6 to disable the password function by setting jumper JP5 to position A.

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