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Acer 5241 User Manual

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Chapter 2

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Removing BIOS Passwords:
To clear the User or Supervisor passwords through hardware, open the RAM door and use a metal instrument

to short the “RTC_RST” point.

Cleaning BIOS Passwords
To clean the User or Supervisor passwords using software utilites, perform the following steps:
1. From a DOS prompt, execute clnpwd.exe

2. Press 1 or 2 to clean the desired password shown on the screen.