adzidzor

I popped out my CMOS battery delete a bios p***word, and now when I power the system...there is no life. The monitor is just blank. Heeeeeeeeelp please.

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adzidzor
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Wobbel

First, stupid question maybe, but did you put back the battery before switching on, or did you put it back wrong way round ?
(take a good look at the + - markings before installing)
Second, try a new battery, maybe the one you have is dead, don't know how old your mobo is, but those batteries usually last a few years (3-5)

LPDad

1. Do what Wobbel says FIRST.

2. move the Jumper on the "reset bios" header. That is to say, Put the battery back in, then move the resetBIOS jumper....wait 10 seconds, then move the jumper back.

Manytimes the bios gets locked if you mess with the battery, and you need to reset it to default (via the jumper) before booting up.

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Puppydogs

Hi people, happy new year, may I ask where the battery would be on a laptop, let my grandson play Barney on it and now it has a p***word, not sure if he is clever or I was stupid letting him use it

RipperRoo

that would depend on the laptop, usually it can be found beneth the memory (accesable via a removable panel on the back) in this case it will be connected via a red and a black wire with a plug on the end.

other laptops may require you to dismantle them to get at the bios battery

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Puppydogs

Thank you for your quick reply its an hp compaq nx 6125

Puppydogs

looked under memory not there, looks like a dismantle job............. oh dear, lets hope I can get it up and going by Thursday when I return to work.......... decided it was the latter

RipperRoo

hum, not a laptop with an easy to access battery, i just poped the memory cover of my own and checked as i am sure you have yourself.

after a bit of poking around on the HP site i came up with this:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...SeriesId=471753

that should of sorted you - but the links on the page are dead it may be a case of contacting HP

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Epson R265 With CIS, HP 2500C With CIS
HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory

RipperRoo

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/s...1/c00486161.pdf

Found it, the above pdf secion 6.20 is the one you need.

you may want to visit the pc tool shop though as the star key HP use is just that little bit smaller than you will find in your standard PC tool kit, for reference the one i have that fits has T - 7 stamped on the shaft

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Epson R265 With CIS, HP 2500C With CIS
HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory

RipperRoo

oh, and HAPPY NEW YEAR

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Epson R265 With CIS, HP 2500C With CIS
HP NX6125 Laptop 1gb memory

Puppydogs

Thank you to everybody for all your help, I shall attempt to dismantle today, will let you know how I get on... fingers crossed

Puppydogs

Not yet.................. but soon I hope