Re: Power-On password questions

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From	retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.)
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Subject	Re: Power-On password questions
Date	Thu, 7 Jul 2011 00:53:48 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <OOydnRmBXrrRYY7TnZ2dnUVZ5jGdnZ2d@giganews.com>,
ghelf <ghelf@sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net> wrote:
>I have a HP-Compaq 6501b and just replaced the bad HD with a new a new one.
>When booting I'm prompted for the power-on password.
>I inherited this laptop from my brother-in-law and he doesn't remember what 
>the power-on password was.
>I know I can bring it into a service dealer and for a price they will reset 
>the password. I also heard I can disassemble the laptop and remove the 
>internal battery, but this will also remove the cmos data. Anybody out there 
>have experience with this issue?

This might be of help:

http://dogber1.blogspot.com/2009/05/table-of-reverse-engineered-bios.html

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Power-On password questions "ghelf" <ghelf@sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net> - 2011-07-05 23:10 -0700
  Re: Power-On password questions mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-07-06 02:09 -0700
    Re: Power-On password questions "ghelf" <ghelf@sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net> - 2011-07-06 17:30 -0700
      Re: Power-On password questions Bill <llib@vacant.void.com> - 2011-07-06 19:55 -0500
      Re: Power-On password questions mike <spamme9@gmail.com> - 2011-07-07 09:04 -0700
        Re: Power-On password questions "ghelf" <ghelf@sbcglobalDeathToSpam.net> - 2011-07-08 16:52 -0700
      Re: Power-On password questions AJL <356912nomail@none.com> - 2011-07-07 12:00 -0500
        Re: Power-On password questions "Ryan P." <rdeletepaque@wi.rr.comm> - 2011-07-07 17:29 -0500
  Re: Power-On password questions retsuhcs@xinap.moc (Mike S.) - 2011-07-07 00:53 +0000

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