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    Acer 5100 BL-51 CMOS battery location?

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by mfell2112, Apr 13, 2008.

  1. mfell2112

    mfell2112 Newbie

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    Hi all,

    My first post here. I would like to introduce myself. My name is Mike and I am glad i stumbled upon this site. Looks like I will be reading and learning a lot here. I just bought this laptop off Ebay recently: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250230720285&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015
    Anyways I was trying to get this thing going to find out the bios is password protected. I talked to the seller and he told me the password was all zeros. This doesn't work. I heard if you short out the Cmos battery it will reset the bios. The problem is i can't seem to find the cmos battery. I have most of the MB exposed on the bottom of the laptop at the moment. Anybody know the location of the battery? Once I get past the password issue I should be able to get this thing dialed in. Thanks in advance.

    Regards

    Mike
     
    mfell2112, Apr 13, 2008
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  2. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    NBR does not allow the discussion on how to bypass security measures like BIOS passwords for any reason. Contact the manufacturer for assistance or contact the seller for a refund. Also do not bring up this topic again.

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    Kdawgca, Apr 13, 2008
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