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by stormi229 Jan 21, 2003 last reply Jan 22, 2003

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How can I enter the Bios with a Compaq Presario 7360 when a password has already been set and we want to change it?

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by borginva Jan 21, 2003

If you do not know the password, the best thing you can try is pulling out the CPU battery for a few minutes. This should wipe out BIOS settings back to their defaults.

by stormi229 Jan 22, 2003

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by sgt_shultz Jan 22, 2003

with compaqs you need a disk to get into setup. i believe it is called the diagnostics disk. you didn't give your os so i can't give you a specific url to the file you need. but here is the spot on the compaq website from which you can select your os and get to the software downloads for it.
http://www29.compaq.com/falco/sp_list.asp
good luck and hope it helps.
you might also be interested in the ROMpaqs, they are easy to install and will help with many bugs...

by stormi229 Jan 22, 2003

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by paulp Jan 22, 2003

Open the computer case.
On the system board, look for "Jumper 1". It will have 3 pins. Pins 1 & 2 will be jumpered. Move the jumper to pins 2 & 3 and leave like this for at least 10 seconds. Move the jumper back to pins 1 & 2.
This should clear the CMOS. When you reboot, the system will re-detect hardware and prompt you to accept the chances by pressing the F1 key. It will reboot and inform you the date and time is incorrect. Press F! to boot and set your clock when windows finishes loading.