| Have you ever tried to be locked out of an old PC by | | | | 3. Find a circular shape, usually silver metallic thing on |
| a forgotten password of BIOS? There is no need for | | | | the motherboard. It is the CMOS battery. |
| you to get frustrated. It is easy to bypass this | | | | 4. Slowly detach the CMOS battery, prevent from |
| safeguard. | | | | having contact with it, and leave it for 700 seconds. |
| STEPS: | | | | This will eliminate the CMOS memory which holds the |
| DESKTOP: | | | | BIOS password and all configurations. |
| 1. Turn off the computer and be sure that it is not | | | | 5. Put the battery back and turn on the computer. |
| plugged in. | | | | 6. The computer must then warn you that the |
| 2. Open up the case of your computer. You need to | | | | configuration of CMOS couldnât be found. You |
| have physical access to the motherboard to finish this | | | | could either reconfigure it manually or restore original |
| procedure. | | | | settings. Restoring the original configuration is just fine. |