[Bglug] CMOS password reset

[TheTechRobo!]

Hey all, 

I have a Windows 95 Packard Bell PC. As I was setting a cmos password on boot, it saved it wrong. While my password I typed was 'nono', it doesn't work. I tried NONO, noni, and other ones but no luck :(

So I tried the failsafe BIOS passwords. The ones for Phoenix BIOS did not work (bios, BIOS, cmos, CMOS, phoenix, PHOENIX). 

So then I tried overloading the keyboard buffer (ESC on boot, unplug keyboard and mouse…) and no luck.

Then I tried removing the battery to see that it is soldered on.

The jumper reset did not work, maybe it was the wrong jumper but I am not risking the mobo to find out…

Does anyone have an idea on what to do, as an easy fix? My last resort is Computer Service Centre downtown.

Thanks a bunch!


Best regards, 


TheTechRobo



Find me on GitHub @TheTechRobo


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