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Chalky Scott
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« on: May 29, 2007, 11:00:39 AM »
I have an Asrock K7541GX motherboard and want to know how to reset the bios password. I just cannot remember the original password ! In fact I dont even remember creating a password ! Now I need to upgrade my hard drives and when i try to get into the Bios setup it asks for a password.   Someone told me that there is a link on the m/b that requires a jumper ?  Does anyone know the procedure to clear the password ?   
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« Reply #1 on: May 29, 2007, 11:20:09 AM »
There are two ways - one find a backdoor password, second - remove the CMOS battery. If you remove the battery, all bios settings will be lost and need resetting.

More info here:

http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2007, 07:37:53 PM »
You beat me to the punch again Dave.
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« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2007, 01:18:40 AM »
Okay guys,  I found the way to clear the Bios password !  This must be done With the power cord disconnected. There is a solder link on the m/b which is shorted together for 3 seconds. The link is identified by `cmos1clr`  and it worked. On power up the Bios warns that a cmos checksum error has occured and then loads the default values.
Many thanks for your input ! Everything in the garden is now perfect.....     
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