power-on-password armada 1130

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After you have removed the batteries, power up from AC with batteries
removed.



marcel.L wrote:
> Hello,After the dead of a familymember (brother of my father)i gett
> hiss notebook Compaq Armada 1130,but,when i start it up the notebook
> ask for a
> "POWER ON PASSWORD" does enyone know how i can erase this
> password,i've
> tryed whit remove the batterys (also the inside bat)but he still ask
> for
> the password even the keyboard/mouse seems blocked,i went also tho a
> shop
> to ask for erase the password but the wont help me,because it isnt
> mine the said,i dont have a copy of the persons id (he is a few months
> dead)and nobody in the family seems to know wath kind of password he
> common used,it is just a challenge to let the notebook work so i can
> give it on my grandchild to learn
> to type and use it for school.
> so is there enyone who know how to"clean"the notebook please send me a
> mail how to do it .....thanks.......sencearly......M.
> (sorry for my bad english writing)