The solution to this one is rather simple: Unplug the battery (located
directly under the power supply) from the motherboard. Of course, you
loose any boot options that you may have set, but the password is gone.
Don't forget to plug the battery back in when you're done.
Thanks to Donald Rye <rye_at_jtasc.acom.mil>
for the solution to this problem.
> >
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> > Hello alpha-osf-managers
> > I am in charge of a single lonely DEC 2000-300 (AKA AXP-150, AKA
Jensen) that
> > has not been rebooted for so long that the Firmware Boot Password has
be
> > forgotten. Can anyone help me out with a back door? Or do I have to
call an
> > exorcist?
> >
> > Thanks in advance for your help
>
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Ryan McBride
rtmcbrid_at_sfu.ca
Received on Mon Sep 22 1997 - 23:42:05 NZST