Clearing Password Check And Bios Recovery; Motherboard Cmos Discharge - Acer Gateway LT31 Series Service Manual

Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery

This section provide you the standard operating procedures of clearing password and BIOS recovery for
Aspire one. Aspire one provides one Hardware Open Gap on the main board for clearing the CMOS, and one
Hotkey for enabling BIOS Recovery.

Motherboard CMOS Discharge

Discharging the CMOS clears all user settings.
1. Decompose the notebook and take out the Mainboard
2. Locate the RTC Battery and Jumpers.
3. Disconnect the RTC battery
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