CMOS on Michael’s Domainhttps://jeltsch.org/en/tags/cmos/Recent content in CMOS on Michael’s DomainHugoen-usCopyright © 2002 - 2026 Michael Jeltsch.Fri, 24 Jul 2026 00:18:18 +0300Clearing the BIOS password in a HP Compaq Elite 8000https://jeltsch.org/en/clearing_the_bios_password_in_a_hp_compaq_elite_8000/Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:00:00 +0000https://jeltsch.org/en/clearing_the_bios_password_in_a_hp_compaq_elite_8000/<p>Power the computer down, remove power cable (and other cables that can carry electricity) and let residual charge drain. Open lid and remove the green jumper. Reboot and you&rsquo;re done. Maybe you want to put the green jumper back not to loose them (you can also apparently leave it attached to pin 1 or pin 2, but not connect both pins).</p>