[ale] Clear BIOS Password - Dell Optiplex?

[Brian Chase]

See if there's a small battery on the motherboard, like a watch 
battery.  Powering down, removing it for a minute and putting it back in 
and powering back on used to clear the bios password on other 
motherboards in my recollection.

BruceG wrote:

>Hey all,
>
>   I purchased a used Dell Optiplex to set up as a proxy server. 128Meg RAM, 
>Celeron 600Mhz. I go into BIOS to set it to boot from CD, and am asked for a 
>password. Seems I can't make it boot from CD w/out messing w/ BIOS, and 
>without the password - no luck. I tried "phoenix" (supposedly a standard 
>password for phoenix bios boards  nope!). Also tried going into debug and 
>clearing the registers. Nope.
>
>   So, if you know how to clear the bios password without getting too 
>involved, please let me know - either off-list or on (don't know if we want 
>that detail on the list or not). Otherwise, I'll be returning the box come 
>Monday. I already called the place I purchased it from, they got it 
>off-lease, and do not know the bios password.
>
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