Acer 5241 Laptop User Manual


 
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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.