Do you know where the jumper is?
do yuo know what it looks like?
It should be right next to CMOS battery. I think yuo have located battery.
It's pretty small. Maybe black or blue or white. It sits over two very small
pins sticking out from motherboard.

There are 3 pins. The jumper is sitting over top of two. The third should be
visible.
Note: the position jumper is in. Make sure computer is unplugged. Move
jumper so it sits over previously visible pin, and pin next to it that was
previously covered by jumper. Leave jumper in this position for approximately
one minute. Return jumper to original position. PLug in computer and try to
boot up. Should no longer have password protection.

The battery removal should have worked!! So should this work!!!
If it doesn't, I don't know what to tell you. No one else seems to know
either.

I have used "Online Chat w/Technician support". It doesn't cost a thing. It
is a live chat with text messaging. Try it out.
http://h20180.www2.hp.com/apps/Nav?h...&lang=en&cc=us
Pick yuor model! guess! doesn't really matter once you get to Tecnician.


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I''m from Illinois. I hope I helped you. Good Luck.


"mike" wrote:

you can look in the bios if you cant get on the computer.

"dadiOH" wrote:

mike wrote:
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

Look in the BIOS to see if some sort of password protection is enabled.

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