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It mentions both the jumper and battery removal techniques.

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&gt; BruceG wrote:

&gt; &gt;Hey all,
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;  I purchased a used Dell Optiplex to set up as a proxy server. 128Meg 
&gt; &gt;  RAM, Celeron 600Mhz. I go into BIOS to set it to boot from CD, and am 
&gt; &gt;asked for a password. Seems I can't make it boot from CD w/out messing w/ 
&gt; &gt;BIOS, and without the password - no luck. I tried &quot;phoenix&quot; (supposedly a 
&gt; &gt;standard password for phoenix bios boards  nope!). Also tried going into 
&gt; &gt;debug and clearing the registers. Nope.
&gt; &gt;
&gt; &gt;  So, if you know how to clear the bios password without getting too 
&gt; &gt;involved, please let me know - either off-list or on (don't know if we 
&gt; &gt;want that detail on the list or not). Otherwise, I'll be returning the box 
&gt; &gt;come Monday. I already called the place I purchased it from, they got it 
&gt; &gt;off-lease, and do not know the bios password.


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