Look on the motherboard--it should be a round silver battery that is flat
and about the size of a nickel or so.

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"mike" wrote in message
...
someone said that you have to remove the bios battery for five
minutes,could
you exsplain what and where to look for this.or what it looks like.

"Richard G. Harper" wrote:

Someone has put a power-on password on the computer. You'll need to
remove
it and most likely the Compaq web site will tell you how.

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"mike" wrote in message
news
hi have put question or required help for computer lockout but it seems
everywhere i turn im comeing up emty
when i turn on the computer the compaq sign shows up then about 30
secounds
later a 3x5 white box apears that says power- on password with a emblem
of
a
key.
nothing i do changes this other then shutting off the computer, then i
turn
it on same thing.
people send me to compaq, cant aford that and they wont tell me
nothing.
how can i find where or what to break this problem?
is tthere a disk that can be made or a way of by passing this.
can any one help me with this ive been trying to get my daughter
computer
fixed
but im retired so cant aford to fix by some one else and i sure cant
buy
her
one.
can you help.

it is a compaq presario zip100
windows 98