BIOS password

Check for the jumper near the battery or cpu that is labeled that can be reset to clear the bios password the other option is to remove the cmos battery and leave off for a few minutes not before not the cmos configuration in case the battery is offto long

There is a freeware available that clears CMOS. It has worked for me.
The website is www.cgsecurity.org and the file name is cmospwd-3.2.zip.

Just pull the battery for a few seconds. Depending on your mobo, there should be a jumper in there that will clear the cmos for you as well but you will have to search for which jumper it is. Different mobo's will have a different jumper number. Formatting your hard drive has absolutely nothing to do with the cmos, no need to go through that extreme.
Good luck!

Mike

There should be a jumper on the board to clear CMOS or password. Make sure the power cord is unplugged before you move the jumper. Jumpers 1-2 are usually normal and 2-3 is clear CMOS. Place jumper on the clear CMOS for about 5 seconds and then be sure to put it back in normal position or you will damage the bios chip. You will also have to check all your bios settings after doing this as many will be changed to a default level.

Just an add-on note;

On some MBs, when you set the clear CMOS jumper, you need to boot up and shut back down again to clear the password.

And yes, you will need to go through BIOS setup and reset your configuration.

The BIOS password is notstored on the Hard Drive.

The easiest way to do that is reboot your system and from the beep sound hit and hold the end key. This will then reset your cmos completely. Of course this only works with the newer CMOS's.

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