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Maintenance and Service Guide

Product Description

1.3 Clearing a Password

If the notebook you are servicing has an unknown password,
follow these steps to clear the password. These steps also clear
CMOS:

1. Prepare the computer for disassembly (refer to Section 5.3,

“Preparing the Computer for Disassembly,” for more
information).

2. Remove the RTC battery (refer to Section 5.7, “Disk Cell

RTC Battery”).

3. Wait approximately five minutes.

4. Replace the RTC battery and reassemble the computer.

5. Connect AC power to the computer. Do not reinsert any

battery packs at this time.

6. Turn on the computer.

All passwords and all CMOS settings have been cleared.

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