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by hdcdubee

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My mother has a computer of her own and I passed by her home today and when I turned it on it sent me into the CMOS/BIOS asking for a password I didn't have. I cleared out the password by removing the battery and it worked fine but it still restarts into CMOS/BIOS. I've restarted it and tried to set the defaults but it still goes back into CMOS/BIOS no matter how many times I try. I'm at a loss... Thanks ahead of time
-Dubee

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by dmiles

Check to insure that battery is seated in slot correctly.
The motherboard may have a jumper on the that is overiding the removal of the battery to clear the password to which you will need to check the motheroard manual to clear the bios password.

You also have to check the configuration setup of the bios to insure that you have all the hardware settings that may have been removed by taking out the battery.

You will have to manually reinstall the configuration settings.

by wlbowers

Some computers on a drastic boot failure will go into cmos.

I would replace the cmos battery. Reboot the computer and go into bios. Find the set to defaults button and use it.

Now reboot and see what happens.

Good Luck

Lee

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