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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
 Posted - 28 Aug 2003 : 22:48:07
You know how I mentioned I was in a draw for, lots of people enterd.....but I still won!Its a 120mhz Pentium, 32mb of RAM. Thing is, there is a BIOS bpassowrd, and it still has NT, so I cant log in.. I know to get rid of the BIOS password I can move a jumper on the motherboard, couldnt anyone give me a hint of how to stop this jumper. Ill format NT, and get 95 downloaded, but fun times ahead  Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 00:58:00
What do you mean stop the jumper?Reset the BIOS and the password is gone. i'm surprised it was a competition though, I've found a fair few of these in the trash! You can't sniff at a free computer though... --------
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 01:37:08
It was a raffle. Spot the jumper I mean, me stupid Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 02:41:23
Get the name of the BIOS mfr and do a google search for bypass passwords for that mfr."**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 10:26:56
Keep it to be running Windows NT, it runs fast on just about anything, and you'll love it.Official 68k videographer
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 16:14:35
quote:
Get the name of the BIOS mfr and do a google search for bypass passwords for that mfr.
He's already said he knows how to get rid of the password, that's why i didn't understand what he was on about when he said quote:
couldnt anyone give me a hint of how to stop this jumper
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cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 18:22:25
lol... yeah... what is stopping a jumper?Maybe he wants to know what jumper to do? Official 68k videographer
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 20:00:56
Does it give you a password at boot or just when you want to get into the BIOS setup.If there's no power on password, just use a DOS boot disk withRempass to generate a CMOS checksum error and that will reset the password. If you can't get in at all, you need to take apart the case and unplug/remove the battery(s) in there and let it sit overnight. Laptops usually don't have a documented jumper for this, unfortunately. The Lightning Stalker Performa 631CD, 7.5.5
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 21:49:01
Let me clarrify. I know about the jumper, but dont know what one. But, the battery thing will work?Thing with NT is, I cant log in. It asks for a password, which I cannot supply as its not connected to the network. Any help is appreciated. Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 22:00:11
There are probably howtos out there on how to bypass NT passwords. Maybe a google search is in order?_________________
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Kady Mae
Junior Member
USA
261 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 22:08:39
Which jumper it is varies from motherboard to motherboard.What brand of computer is it? Is there a brand name such as Abit stamped on the mobo? You are going to have to look up the mobo specs to find the jumper you need to flip. 68K's liberated: 4
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 22:12:32
Well, im trying to get into the case right now. One of the scrwes have been jammed into the hole hard. Im going to attack it with a hammer in a few minutes Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 22:23:59
lol, get NT and install it  Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 22:33:22
Poor quality screws.....popped the head off witha few firm wacks. Now to find some NT Password tricks.Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 22:40:13
then, you'll be able to find the install key and do a clean install if you DL and burn an NT4 workstation CD ISO or something Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 29 Aug 2003 : 23:12:50
No CD drive.....Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 03:58:38
2x and 4x IDE CD drives are basically free.Removing the battery should work, I'd leave it out for a few minutes just to be sure. If the board is almost jumperless look for a single jumper with probably 3 pins somewhere near the battery/BIOS chip. If it's a jumperless board guessing is easy. If it's not it's often but not always the only single jumper. Sometimes you have to remove it, sometimes you have to connect the 2 pins which are not normally connected. I'd just yank the battery though. --------
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Unknown_K
Full Member
USA
602 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 07:26:12
Yanking the battery will work (the jumper does the same thing). Setting the bios to boot from the floppy first will allow you to fdisk the HD and start a clean install of the OS of your choice. Pretty simple really.
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 16:41:00
Yah...removed the batttery for all of 2 seconds and now there is no BIOS password. Now its time to download some Win 95 install diskettes UPDATE 1: Hard Drive now formated FAT16 with Partion Magic 4.0. installing DOS 6.22.. UPDATE 2: DOS 6.22 installed, installing Windows 3.1 Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... Edited by - Fedorenko on 30 Aug 2003 19:23:43 |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 19:34:10
Actually, (well now you can't get the CD key from NT registry)you can network install NT, and IIRC, there's a floppyset for at least 3.51 Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 20:54:09
Yah........Windows 3.1 is nice and happily installed now.Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 21:09:02
i forget what 3.1 looks like...*boots vpc* ooo yeah...*gets dizzy and falls down* goodluck, hope it keeps being fun like it has!
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 21:44:42
Simple things like getting teh batter to conteact the terminals by wrapping it in alumnium foil....Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 23:29:15
Sometimes it's the simple things, what can be the best things. For example, playing with old computers... a Macintosh LC with system 7.1 can be one of the simplest computers ever, even with AppleWorks5, but it's the things that you can do with that simplicity. It would not be a challange at all to write a novel using a Macintosh LC, in fact, I would find it rather pleasant, and almost tried it once. The Macintosh LC in that case, is less of a computer, and more of a writing tool. just the paper and pen, which needs you, the writer, with a brain. AppleWorks 5, TeachText, SimpleText even are great for just writing... (that is to say, Microsoft grammar is really a bad influence, and sometimes is wrong.) Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 30 Aug 2003 : 23:37:27
Kinda like overclocking a 120mhz Pentium...due to be done on Tuesday.Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 31 Aug 2003 : 11:59:11
i meant simple in the way that u get bored with it, not the productive simple, hehe. There must be like five hundred definitions of simple...lol.~The Penguin **| Want free 68kmla email? Drop me a line |**
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The Lightning Stalker
Full Member
USA
747 Posts |
Posted - 31 Aug 2003 : 18:47:57
Glad the battery thing worked.So you could get to the NT login. It would have been simpler to get Rempass and then you wouldn't have had to "break in". Enjoy your new laptop! |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 31 Aug 2003 : 18:55:38
LOL...you could get a cdrom drive and OpenStep 4.2? ;) Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 01 Sep 2003 : 16:20:17
Nah, the moto of the computer is: "Freebie"Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
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Posted - 02 Sep 2003 : 06:16:10
dang... Most of the cdrom drives I've ever gotten were free... why just the summer before last, I got a huge box full of cdrom drives, one was external, the rest internal *and mostly IDE as well*that was also where I got a P-90 and a 486-33/66 for free, as well as loads of printers, keyboards and mice (well it was free to me, I think my mom and aunt bought the lot for some weird price) it was suppposed to be two complete computers, including monitors, and we got two computers, and a whole bunch of other junk, and NO MONITORS!!! so I had a hard time doing anything with that lot until I was back in WA... Official 68k videographer
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Fedorenko
Junior Member
Australia
463 Posts |
Posted - 02 Sep 2003 : 21:15:05
Ha, tahts the way things are when a parent buy computers Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure... |
cory5412
68KMLA Comrade-in-Arms
USA
4679 Posts |
Posted - 02 Sep 2003 : 21:44:22
well the aunt is really... "wacked out"... "always"we bought her a nice Compaq Presario... well I'm not so sure as she has it now... Either way... Official 68k videographer
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 04 Sep 2003 : 06:14:30
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Ha, tahts the way things are when a parent buy computers Good ideas usually are created by crazy people, go figure...
You're right about that...lol. As far as technology is concerned, my parents are still living in the era of punch cards and vaccum tubes... "**** em" - Jobs in regards to customers
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Posted - 04 Sep 2003 : 06:25:25
lol, it wasn't that bad of a lot though, I just needed a VGA monitor with which to run the junk! by that time I had two or three mac monitors laying around our place in Oregon, but no VGAs  Official 68k videographer
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