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Name: dennis
Date: October 13, 2002 at 07:18:09 Pacific
OS: windows 98
CPU/Ram: P3, 600, 384megs
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I just purchased a Quantex N30w laptop that was missing the hard drive, memory, and battery at a bankruptcy sale yesterday. I installed the memory, hard drive and battery into the computer and wanted to format the new hard drive to windows 98 SE; however, when the system came up, it asked for a password...I assume that the bios which is Phoenix Technologies, version 4.0, release 6.0 must have had a password imbedded into the bios..Question is: How do I remove the password from bios, since I can't get into the setup? Does this mean that I have to replace the bios chip or the motherboard? Quantex as you all know is under water..Any assistance will be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dennis



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Name: Brown1955
Date: October 13, 2002 at 07:48:10 Pacific
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Simply remove the Motherboard battery for a few minutes. That resets the password.


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Response Number 2
Name: Techtony
Date: October 13, 2002 at 07:48:27 Pacific
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The password would be in CMOS NVRAM so removing the CMOS battery for a minute should do it.


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