Bypassing The Password - Acer Veriton 5500 Service Manual

Bypassing the Password

If you forgot your password, you can bypass the password security feature thru hardware configuration.
RTC Battery
Follow these steps to bypass the password:
1. Turn off and unplug the system.
2. Open the system housing. Take off battery and short it.
3. Place on RTC battery, reboot the system and enter setup menu, to load default setting.
Clear CMOS
Follow these steps to bypass the password:
1. Reset CMOS, by adjusting JP2 to 2-3
2. Reboot the system.
3. Adjust the JP2 back to 1-2
Please refer to the following
NOTE:
JP2: Clear CMOS
JP2
1-2 Normal
2-3 Clear CMOS
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CMOS Check
Veriton 3500/5500/7500