Removing CMOS battery from a compaq presario 2100

[matsta]

Hey does anyone know how to rempve the cmos battery from a compaq presario 2100, is there any software that can get rid of the password,that i forgot or is there any good instructions, that i could use with pictures...

thanks matsta

[Dave_Lethal]

You can take a look at this page
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/bios/bios_password.htm

[icecube]

This link might help---these are backdoor passwords for a lot of manufacturers



If you open the computer shell, Compacq usually has a schematic diagram stuck on the inside that gives settings and locations of jumpers

Your lookiing for something labled "clear cmos" Its usually a three prong jumper--where you move it from the 1-2 connection to the 2-3 and then back to 1-2 to clear the cmos.

[matsta]

None of these have helped me figure this out...hmmm i wonder if there is anything else that could help me ......THIS IS URGENT i need to get into my bios on my laptop to set some graphics settings before xmas before i get the sims 2 IS there any help Any one knows how to get rid of the bios password cmos,??? Any help will be much apreciated,Thanks for previous help....

[icecube]

Sorry, I didn't realize that it was a laptop--that an entirely different animal.

Laptops have an anti theft device thats part of the motherboard. see this link



A while back I advised someone else of this issue and he later came back and said that he was able to prove his ownership with Compaq and they helped him reset it.

Hope this helps

[matsta]

My Graphics Card In my laptop is an ATi Mobility Radeon IGP 340M With 64mb shared from the main ram,i looked up on this website and it said that you could make it to 128mb shared if you go into the bios and set it thats why i want to get into the bios. Is there any software that you can download to set the memory (shared) for the graphics card higher??



Thanks.....Matsta