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AST Advantage BIOS password
Hi folks. A while back I aquired an old 486 AST Advantage 6066D, and I
decided this weekend to tinker with it a bit. I should say right away that I never booted it up in its original configuration. At one point I pulled the floppy drive to use on another PC, and before I tried to start it today, I swapped out the hard drive with a slightly larger model. When I start the PC, immediately after the memory check I get a message asking for a "user password". I'm positive it's not related to anything on that hard drive, so it must be the BIOS. I've tried a whole host of passwords from a master BIOS password list I saw posted in a NG, but to no avail. The PC's previous owners are not computer-saavy enough to have ever ventured into the BIOS, so it must be the factory preset. I removed the CMOS battery (as well as system power) and shorted the connector terminals out for about an hour to no avail, so it would appear that the password is set in some sort of non-volatile memory somewhere. It appears that AST (or whatever they are now, if they still exist in any form) is not inclined to help anyone get into the BIOS, so I'm afraid this is my last hope before I just give up and scrap the PC. Does anyone happen to know what the AST BIOS password is, or know of some other hack to clear it? Thanks, David Murphy |
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Have you been to this web site?
It would appear that you should jump E5 to disable the password function. http://www.ari-service.com/blender/cache/501693-004.htm details on these pages. http://www.ari-service.com/blender/d...716101cmos.txt http://www.ari-service.com/blender/d...009/JP570M.txt http://www.ari-service.com/blender/d...147/JP570M.GIF "David Murphy" wrote in message om... Hi folks. A while back I aquired an old 486 AST Advantage 6066D, and I decided this weekend to tinker with it a bit. I should say right away that I never booted it up in its original configuration. At one point I pulled the floppy drive to use on another PC, and before I tried to start it today, I swapped out the hard drive with a slightly larger model. When I start the PC, immediately after the memory check I get a message asking for a "user password". I'm positive it's not related to anything on that hard drive, so it must be the BIOS. I've tried a whole host of passwords from a master BIOS password list I saw posted in a NG, but to no avail. The PC's previous owners are not computer-saavy enough to have ever ventured into the BIOS, so it must be the factory preset. I removed the CMOS battery (as well as system power) and shorted the connector terminals out for about an hour to no avail, so it would appear that the password is set in some sort of non-volatile memory somewhere. It appears that AST (or whatever they are now, if they still exist in any form) is not inclined to help anyone get into the BIOS, so I'm afraid this is my last hope before I just give up and scrap the PC. Does anyone happen to know what the AST BIOS password is, or know of some other hack to clear it? Thanks, David Murphy |
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