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picked up this thing today from an old lady. 486DX laptop. zenith z star ex. unfortunately there's a bios boot password. I've removed both internal batteries and played with the only jumper I could find but it still persists. wat do?
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Give it back Jamal
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>>60523809
i remember i had my laptop from 1999 and there was literally no way I could reset my own password. I remember calling compaq support and they gave me some master override password that eventually worked
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>>60523809
Give the time machine back Tyrone.
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>>60523830
yeah I googled for that but for Phoenix bioses it only comes up with 4 different master passwords, none of which work
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Post to /tpg/.
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>>60523809
maybe find the nvram/eeprom chip and see if there's a way to clear it manually.
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>>60524048
meh guess I'll disassemble it tomorrow
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>>60523809
>Once programmed, an EPROM can be erased by exposing it to strong ultraviolet light source (such as from a mercury-vapor light).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPROM
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Dump the EEPROM/EPROM with a flasher and then you can have a go at it.
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>>60523809
give it back tyrone
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