windows 98 boot problem

88Jonsson · 05-20-2008, 01:26 AM

i got a computer form a friend, it was an old dell deminsion r500 and when it booted it would ask for a password that he didnt know anymore and we could figure out what it was. Then i was on another fourm and someone told me to take the dime size battery out of the motherboard..and when i turned it back on it just went to a black screen and asked for a password. i cant boot in safe mode either. i dont have a disk either i think im out of luck. Is there anyway to fix this...get a new hard drive maybe??

XByteComputers · 05-20-2008, 01:58 AM

You have to unplug the computer, unplug the CMOS battery and set the BIOS jumper to reset. Plug in the unit and turn it on for 5-10 seconds. The unit should show a blank screen. Unplug the computer and set the BIOS jumpers back to normal and replace the battery. It should have reset the BIOS and the password. If that did not work, find out the manufacturer of the BIOS and find some master passwords for the BIOS. The password is not related to Win98 or nothing it is a system password.

88Jonsson · 05-21-2008, 01:13 AM

how would i set the BIOS jumper to reset,then back to normal?

05-20-2008, 01:26 AM	#1 (permalink)
88Jonsson Bronze Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 25	windows 98 boot problem i got a computer form a friend, it was an old dell deminsion r500 and when it booted it would ask for a password that he didnt know anymore and we could figure out what it was. Then i was on another fourm and someone told me to take the dime size battery out of the motherboard..and when i turned it back on it just went to a black screen and asked for a password. i cant boot in safe mode either. i dont have a disk either i think im out of luck. Is there anyway to fix this...get a new hard drive maybe?? __________________ Toshiba L305 • AMD Turion 64 X2 RM-70 • 200GB hard drive • 3GB of DDR2 memory • Windows Vista Home Premium

05-20-2008, 01:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
XByteComputers Bronze Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Cheektowaga, NY Posts: 34	You have to unplug the computer, unplug the CMOS battery and set the BIOS jumper to reset. Plug in the unit and turn it on for 5-10 seconds. The unit should show a blank screen. Unplug the computer and set the BIOS jumpers back to normal and replace the battery. It should have reset the BIOS and the password. If that did not work, find out the manufacturer of the BIOS and find some master passwords for the BIOS. The password is not related to Win98 or nothing it is a system password. __________________ Processor: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ 2.08 OC'd to 2.20GHz Memory: G.Skill 1GB DDR400 Hard Drives: Western Digital 250GB + WD 80GB Optical Drives: DVD±RW and CD-RW Drives Video Card: GeForce3 Ti200 128MB AGP Keyboard: Saitek Eclipse II Operating System: Windows XP Professional SP2b Other Effects: 3 1/2 Floppy, 12-in-1 Card Reader, Hacked BIOS Chip to allow changes to processor FSB, memory timing, AGP timing, etc.

05-21-2008, 01:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
88Jonsson Bronze Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Knoxville, Tennessee Posts: 25	how would i set the BIOS jumper to reset,then back to normal? __________________ Toshiba L305 • AMD Turion 64 X2 RM-70 • 200GB hard drive • 3GB of DDR2 memory • Windows Vista Home Premium Last edited by 88Jonsson; 05-21-2008 at 01:34 AM.

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