A while back I had a guy do some work on my PC and in his wisdom he fitted a password to my BIOS settings, alas now he is gone and I do`nt know what it is. I know there is a way to disable this but ca`nt for the life of me work out what it is. Point is I`m gonna reformat my HD ( me to 98) and want to know if not being able to access the BIOS is gonna cause me any trouble?

The only thing I know to do is to remove the battery from the mobo,but this will obviously clear all your p-words.I am not sure how long it would take to clear the info,I'm sure it varies from pc to pc.

Try this link, it might have some useful info. BIOS

Try this one... DEBUG BIOS PASSWORD Courtesy of Chris (scary_fast_99@yahoo.com). "This DOS trick resets (deletes) your motherboard BIOS (CMOS) password, to grant access to your computer and/or BIOS Setup once again, IF you have forgotten or lost it. :) Exit Windows or reboot to the native MS-DOS mode, using the "Command prompt only" option from the Windows 95/98 Startup Menu (hold Shift and F5 at the same time while your PC boots). At the C:\> prompt, type: DEBUG and hit Enter. You'll see a dash (-) at the DEBUG prompt. Now type: o 70 2e which will show as -o 70 2e at the DEBUG prompt. Hit Enter. Then type: o 71 ff and hit Enter. Finally type: Q and hit Enter one last time, to quit DEBUG, back to the C:\> prompt. Now you're ready to reboot your PC, and press the appropriate key or key combo (look it up in your motherboard manual if you don't know it) to access your BIOS Setup. You'll notice that the password is gone. :)" NOTE: This works only with MS-DOS 6.00 - 6.22 and MS-DOS 7.xx [a.k.a. MS Windows 9x

i have a 2002 bios award and i need a universal password for this version, and cind of quick. pls e-mail me at dexand@email.ro