Clearing Forgotten Passwords And Cmos Settings - Dell Dimension 2010 Service Manual

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3 Press the up- and down-arrow keys to move through the list of devices.
4 Press plus (+) or minus (–) to change the boot priority of device.
Clearing Forgotten Passwords and CMOS
Settings
1 Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 11.
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the CMOS setting.
2 Remove the computer cover (see "Removing the Computer Cover" on
page 15).
3 Reset the current password and CMOS settings:
Locate the 3-pin CMOS reset jumper on the system board.
a
Remove the jumper plug from the CMOS reset jumper pins 2 and 3.
b
Place the jumper plug on the CMOS reset jumper pins 1 and 2 and
c
wait approximately five seconds.
Remove the jumper plug and replace it on the CMOS reset jumper
d
pins 2 and 3.
Write down your current boot sequence in case you want to restore it.
The computer must be disconnected from the electrical outlet to clear
System Setup
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