ghost@cup.portal.com (Robert Bruce Ferrell) (05/26/90)
Well the boss really fouled up this time... He activated the power on password feature, and the promptly lost the password. Now when the machine boots it sits and waits for the forgotten password. I thought I could "blow" the password by removing a board (thus corrupting the system config ram) but that didn't work (the good news is I could put the board back in and at least the "165" error goes away), I also can't boot from from the reference disk as apperently the security feature runs before the boot routines. Any thoughts? please help the poor over-worked, distraught net-work tech get back to work (and incidentaly get my reveiw... its in the machine). If you do have any thoughts, please mail them as I don't really think this is the kind of stuff we want roaming lose in the world, what with all the "hacker" hysteria these days. thanks in advance... ghost@cup.portal.com or bferrell@mcimail.com Yes, I AM unique... so far ;-) work fone 1800-950-7924 (yup, its for real) home fone 1415-427-7941
jpc@fctunl.rccn.pt (Jose Pina Coelho) (05/30/90)
In article <30215@cup.portal.com> ghost@cup.portal.com (Robert Bruce Ferrell) writes: > password. I thought I could "blow" the password by removing a > board (thus corrupting the system config ram) but that didn't > work (the good news is I could put the board back in and at Yes, you where on the right way. Just didn't wait time enough. RT[F]M is the way. I discovered that you have to remove the battery for at least 30 minutes. -- Jose Pina Coelho | BITNET/Internet: jpc@fctunl.rccn.pt Rua Jau N 1, 2 Dto | UUCP: jpc@unl.uucp 1300 Lisboa, PORTUGAL | ARPA: jpc%hara.fctunl.rccn.pt@mitvma.mit.edu Home phone: (+351) (1) 640767 - If all men were brothers, would you let one marry your sister ?
cattanac@casca.cs.uiuc.edu (Scott Cattanach) (06/01/90)
jpc@fctunl.rccn.pt (Jose Pina Coelho) writes: >In article <30215@cup.portal.com> ghost@cup.portal.com (Robert Bruce Ferrell) writes: >> password. I thought I could "blow" the password by removing a >> board (thus corrupting the system config ram) but that didn't >> work (the good news is I could put the board back in and at >Yes, you where on the right way. Just didn't wait time enough. >RT[F]M is the way. I discovered that you have to remove the >battery for at least 30 minutes. I also heard that you can do it by draining the battery w/ a paper clip w/o opening the case, but you didn't hear it from me :-) -- -catt (cattanac@cs.uiuc.edu) For the list of ascii art, finger me (and ship me your ascii contributions). NOTE: I don't need any pictures of nekkid women, but thanks for the offers.
ghost@cup.portal.com (Robert Bruce Ferrell) (06/02/90)
Thanks to all who responded both here and in my listed mailboxes... I guess I got impatient (wait a bit and see... I know enough to do that) And for those of you that told me politely and not-so-politely "Read The Manual"; easier said than done... ever work wher most everyone is a glorified clerk... "whats a manual, we threw that out 'cause we couldnt understand it." Anyway thanks again. Now I can get back to work and my boss can get my review done. ghost@cup.portal.com or bferrell@mcimail.com Yes, I AM unique... so far :-)