I just repaired someone's Gateway g6-233. (Yes I know its not worth fixing, but the owner insisted on it)
When I was working on it I could enter the CMOS setup, no problem and I noted that the system and user passwords were cleared.
Everything was working fine until the owner took the PC home and the SLOT CPU came lose. There are four holes to hold the HS/CPU unit in place, but Gateway used this weird plastic bar instead and it came lose.
I reseated the CPU, figured out how the plastic bar attached, but on starting I get a CMOS error.
I can press ESC and boot windows and everything work.
However if I try to press F1 it now asks for a password.
So I take out the battery, short the connection with a 10 ohm resister. And try F1 again. Still wants a password!
The BIOS is Phoenix 4.0 Rev 6. I tried CMOSPWD with no luck.
I tried BIOS CMOS PHOENIX phoenix. No joy.
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I am guessing that the Gateway G6-233 has a default BIOS password that is restored whenever the CMOS is reset.
I could just ingnore the problem, except that the default boot order is Floppy, Hard Drive, CD-ROM.
Anyone have any clue how to resolve this?
When I was working on it I could enter the CMOS setup, no problem and I noted that the system and user passwords were cleared.
Everything was working fine until the owner took the PC home and the SLOT CPU came lose. There are four holes to hold the HS/CPU unit in place, but Gateway used this weird plastic bar instead and it came lose.
I reseated the CPU, figured out how the plastic bar attached, but on starting I get a CMOS error.
I can press ESC and boot windows and everything work.
However if I try to press F1 it now asks for a password.
So I take out the battery, short the connection with a 10 ohm resister. And try F1 again. Still wants a password!
The BIOS is Phoenix 4.0 Rev 6. I tried CMOSPWD with no luck.
I tried BIOS CMOS PHOENIX phoenix. No joy.
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I am guessing that the Gateway G6-233 has a default BIOS password that is restored whenever the CMOS is reset.
I could just ingnore the problem, except that the default boot order is Floppy, Hard Drive, CD-ROM.
Anyone have any clue how to resolve this?