Re: Supervisor Password

From: Rolf Loeben (ich.eumel_at_gmx.org)
Date: 03/19/04 

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:27:43 +0100

Les,

> I have resurrected an old laptop and cannot remember the
> Supervisor Password. Where do I go to reset it?

This is OT here, go to hardware. Resurrection is usually on a spiritual
level and does not happen in our lives.

For your question go to manufacturer. Usually it is taking out the
battery, shortcut the two pins to release any voltage and revive the BIOS.

Regards Rolf

Relevant Pages

  • Re: asrock, problem with nic after windows-boot - Exact Opposite issue the OP is having
    ... power-cycle (or front panel reset button), ... I like to think of myself as more of a 'hardware' guy than 'software' ... opposed to a *cold* boot, - since also the RAM doesn't necessarily get ... of being away, I booted up (into GRUB, then chose Debian) and could not ...
    (comp.os.linux.networking)
  • Re: asrock, problem with nic after windows-boot - Exact Opposite issue the OP is having
    ... issue seems to be the almost exact *opposite* of the OP's; In my win98 ... The rational is that a power-cycle or front panel reset switch does a full ... resets all hardware to a known state. ... just generates a signal to the operating system ALONE to start ...
    (comp.os.linux.networking)
  • Re: BIOS startup ??
    ... To describe what happens depends on what kind of hardware is being ... the reset threshold of the processor, ... disk drives have their heads ... And typically all the clocks are ...
    (Fedora)
  • Re: Router Rest Logic (rant)
    ... but as anyone who has ever dealt with a wireless router, ... A short tap of the reset button just reboots the router. ... Better hardware would have done exactly nothing. ...
    (alt.internet.wireless)
  • Re: Inspiron 8600 suddenly reboots
    ... I can't recall installing any new software and hardware hasn't changed. ... When you say "reset itself", ... To reach the full diags you'll want to choose the option to boot to ...
    (alt.sys.pc-clone.dell)