I purchased a second hand Pc using PSS800-vm Asus board, from e-bay. product was delivered with raid driver password installed how can I reset this password and format the drive so I can install operating system and proceed with using the pc reset password: bios purchased second hand computer and need to install operating system
Both solution are correct in removing BIOS password, but sometimes removing the jumper when the computer is off wont remove the BIOS password while removing the jumper while the computer is on is definitely fine and 100% it will remove the bios password just like Voodoomox has said if you haven't tried it Tbirdfan1 you can do it in actual to prove that it wont damage the computer, After the BIOS password was remove select CDROM as the primary boot device then save the change the computer will reboot put the Opearting system installation CD then continue formatting and installing the system...
Hope that helps........
I dont mean to disagree but they taught us in school never never remove the jumper while the power is on it can make the board unstable turn the computer off and find the bios jumper and remove it and move it down 1 pin so that the top pin is now showing then start the computer and start the computer you will enter into the bios setup screen if you hit enter it will ask you if you want ot remove the system password press y and press enter then it will ask you to verif y removing all passwords press y again and hit enter than it will tell you that you must return the jumper to the original position it was in just turn off the computer and place the jumper back in the original position it was in and restart the computer not too hard good luck !!!!!
what operatring system are u also trying to install
just curious has this issue been resolved yet regards mike
just to give you all a heads up i i dont want anybody to get ubset but i just got a e-mail from one of our fixya askers and they had a problem with the bios clear and sombody told them to remove the jumper with the pc on and turn ithe computer back off and put the jumper back in the same place and boot up well she did and it has not started since
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Remove the bios battery for arounf 30 minutes to an hour. if you can locte the bios jumper, just turn the PC on the , unplug the jumper then the pc off, put the jumper back and you are good to go on the next reboot.
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