To reset BIOS

Got an older computer, MB is a Gigabyte GA586VX.
some one put a password on the BIOS,
so I need to know how to reset the BIOS so I can access it.
There does not appear to be a battery on this MB ,
or any jumper to reset it.
would appreceate any help.

 

Hey HooT...

Try this

 

Thanks, but I went there first. I read through the manual and it talks about a battery, but doesn't show where it is.
I thought maybe the RTC clock had the battery in it, but I pulled it off for a few minutes and put it back in, and it still askes for a password.

Is there something else there I should be looking at?
this MB was made about in 1995, what did the MB batteries look like back then?

 

Batteries look like thick nickels.
Some of them are soldered in but most are in a little holder looking thing. If you look real close, you can see the markings on it. It will be laying on its side real close to the BIOS and CMOS chips.

The manual should have had a picture of the board and points out the jumpers and the battery....Mine does.

I found this in the manual on line:

3.7. CMOS RTC & ISA CFG CMOS SRAM
There're RTC & CMOS SRAM on board, they have a power supply from
internal battery to keep the DATA inviolate & effective. The RTC is a REALTIME
CLOCK device which provides the DATE & TIME to system. The CMOS
SRAM is used for keeping the information of ISA device system configuration,
so the system can automatically boot OS. every time.
Due to the fact that the life-time of RTC internal battery is 5 years, the user can
change a new RTC to replace old one after it does not work. The new one's
brand and type must be same with the old one.

 

I am familiar with the battery that looks like a nickel, I have changed a few of them, but there is nothing anything like those on this board.

the pictures in the online manual are very simple and do not show the battery. This MB has no jumpers, it uses switches for clock multiplier and bus speed.

I seen that part you have there, that is why I thought the battery was in the RTClock and removed it.
The Real Time Clock thing is like a rectangle box about 1" X 1/2" and maybe a 1/2" thick.
it's a couple inches from the award BIOS chip, but after putting it back on the MB - no change.

 

Well HooT, I think your next move will have to be to e-mail Gigabyte and ask them how to clear the password. On the webpage there is a place to do that.

Good Luck

 

yes, I sent them an email yesterday afternoon,
when / if I hear back from them I'll post what they say.

 

I just got a reply from Gigabyte, ...they said :
when it ask for password type in XXXXX_XX (Admin: let's not put that here) should be ok to get in, then clear the password in bios .

It worked like a charm. I wonder if that works for all award bios chips.

 

I wonder what would be the point of puting a password in the BIOS? If it can be defeated easily. Well for that matter on my brand new Gigabyte MOBO, all you have to do is open the case and use a jumper to clear. I suppose it would keep idiots out of your BIOS, but then how would an idiot know there was such a thing as BIOS or passwords.

Reminds me of a lock picking friend of mine who always said "Locks are made to keep women and kids out of men's business "

Glad you got it surrounded...