Marcus Houlden wrote:
> On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 12:15:57 +0100, Cheeky <me@privacy.net>
> wrote the following to uk.comp.misc:
>
>> A mate of mine has kindly given me a laptop that's surplus to his
>> requirements (Compaq Evo N600c). Unfortunately he's forgotten the
>> power-on password.
>>
>> Does anyone know if it's possible to reset it?
>
> Yes. There's a service manual at
>
http://h200004.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00091009/c00091009.pdf
> which gives the following instructions:
>
> 1. Remove the main battery and the AC adaptor
> 2. Remove the backup battery (under the memory expansion slot; it's
> probably a disk a bit bigger than a 10p)
> 3. Leave the machine for 5 minutes
> 4. Replace the backup battery
> 5. Reconnect the AC adaptor. Do *not* replace the main battery just yet
>
> The password will be cleared, and so will the BIOS settings. If you can,
> go into the BIOS before you start and write down the settings
I did this a few months ago and got told off for removing the batteries and
jeopardising the board. Apparently you should have a jumper, which took me
a while to find. Just take off the little plastic piece to remove password
protection altogether.
Roy
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Roy S. Schestowitz
http://Schestowitz.com
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