Re: ASUS A7M266-D BIOS password

From: Damian Menscher (menscher+security@uiuc.edu)
Date: 12/29/02 

From: Damian Menscher <menscher+security@uiuc.edu>
Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 05:37:13 GMT

those who know me have no need of my name <not-a-real-address@usa.net> wrote:
> in comp.security.misc i read:

>>Odd problem here... got an ASUS A7M266-D mobo which has its BIOS
>>locked. The user's manual is fairly useless. Wants you to short
>>out some stuff on the mobo, then power on while holding down <Del>.
>>But shorting out the pins starts the computer booting,

> you are supposed to short the pins with the system off.

Hrmm... maybe there's some confusion about the definition of "off"
here. This is ATX, so there are really two power switches: the
power-supply switch (back panel) and the motherboard switch (soft
switch on front panel). I had the back-panel switch turned on,
but the soft-switch off. When shorting the pins, the computer
powered itself on. Are you saying I was supposed to turn off the
back-panel switch?

Damian Menscher 

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