How to remove BIOS password on older and slightly newer computers

The CMOS

This guide is for accessing the BIOS when you cant access it because of the password protect.

Draining the power supply

Estimated time: 1s-1h

There is often a small battery on the motherboard that can be removed to drain the power on the motherboard. Even if the battery is removed the motherboard can store power up to 1 hour. The time that it takes for the power to drain differs between computers.

Do as follow:

1. Unplug all cords and main batteries.
2. Open up the case so you can see the interior.
3. Touch a radiator, to lead any static electricity away from you. (You might accidentally unload a bolt into your motherboard)
4. Unplug the battery. (There is often a small "hinge" that you can unplug the battery with)

Resetting the BIOS with jumper

Estimated time: instant

There are often a small reset button (marked: "reset BIOS") right next to the battery, that can reset the core programming to its original state. It is quite small and says: "click" when pressed. (This is a procedure you are recommended with)

Using manufacturers password

If you don't have time to fiddle with the hardware of the computer or lack the tools for it you might try these:

AMI BIOS Backdoor Passwords: A.M.I, AAAMMMII, AMI, AMI?SW, AMI_SW, BIOS, CONDO, HEWITT RAND, LKWPETER, MI, Oder, PASSWORD
Award BIOS Backdoor Passwords: (eight spaces), 01322222, 589589, 589721, 595595, 598598, ALFAROM, ALLY, ALLy, aLLY, aLLy, aPAf, award, AWARD PW, AWARD SW, AWARD?SW, AWARD_PW, AWARD_SW, AWKWARD, awkward, IOSTAR, CONCAT, CONDO, Condo, condo, d8on, djonet, HLT, J256, J262, j262, j322, j332, J64, KDD, LKWPETER, Lkwpeter, PINT, pint, SER, SKY_FOXSYXZ, SKY_FOX, syxz, SYXZ, TTPTHA, ZAAAADA, ZAAADA, ZBAAACA, ZJAAADC
Russian Award BIOS Passwords: %øåñòü ïpîáåëîâ%, %äåâÿòü ïpîáåëîâ%
Phoenix Backdoor BIOS Passwords: BIOS, CMOS, phoenix, PHOENIX 
Other Manufcaturers Backdoor Passwords: (manufacturer name – password) VOBIS and IBM – merlin, Dell – Dell, Biostar – Biostar, Compaq – Compaq, Enox – xo11nE, Epox – central, Freetech – Posterie, IWill – iwill, Jetway – spooml, Packard Bell – bell9, QDI – QDI, Siemens – SKY_FOX, SOYO – SY_MB, TMC – BIGO, Toshiba – Toshiba

Notes

Even thou it might seem to be easy enough, always think twice before doing this. Use you morale if you are not allowed access to the BIOS. Only use this guide if you are an experienced user.

Fallout 2 fixing resolution problem and rainbow colors issue

Getting rainbow colors while running the fallout 2 game on PC? Easiest way to fix this is to find the ddraw.ini. Open with notepad and find the [Graphics]. If you cant find it, search for it in the start menu. Normal search patch: c:\Program(x86)\BlackIsle\fallout 2\ddrw.ini With steam: c:\Program(x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout 2\ddraw.ini Original settings: [Graphics] ;Set to 0 for 8 bit fullscreen ;Set to 4 for dx9 fullscreen ;Set to 5 for dx9 windowed ;dx9 modes cause some corruption of movies ;A dx9 mode is required for any graphics related script extender functions to work (i.e. fullscreen shaders) ;Modes 1, 2 and 3 are no longer supported Mode=0 ;If using a dx9 mode, this changes the resolution ;The graphics are simply stretched to fit the new window; this does _not_ let you see more of the map GraphicsWidth=640 GraphicsHeight=480 ;This changes the settings of the hardware scaler in graphics modes 4 or 5 ;Set to 0 to disable, 1 to use only if screen res > 640x480, 2 to use if screen res != 640x480 or 3 to use always ;To use a hardware scaler a file called 'global.fx' must be placed in data\shaders, and must contain one technique with one or more passes GlobalShaderMode=0 ;Set to something other than 0 to apply a software scaler in graphics modes 4 or 5 ;This can be used instead of, or in addition to, the hardware global.fx shader ;This option is unsupported when using Mash's resolution patch ;0 - Default scaler ;1 - 2xSai ;2 - SuperEagle ;3 - Super2xSai ;4 - hq2x ;5 - AdvancedMame2x ;6 - letterbox ;7 - no scaling ScaleFilter=0 ;Set to 1 for a linear texture filter, or 0 to disable TextureFilter=0 ;Set to 1 to override the console, allowing extra text at high resolutions (BETA!) ;Requires DX9 mode OverrideConsole=0 Okay, first of all. Back up the file. Second, find the Mode=0. Change to 4. Third, find the GraphicsWidth=640, GraphicsHeight=480. Change to the resolution of your choice. (The full screen resolution is recommended) (The resolution of the screen of your PC) My screen resolution is 1360x768, therefor i put these numbers in the graphics width and height. Works like a charm. [Graphics] ;Set to 0 for 8 bit fullscreen ;Set to 4 for dx9 fullscreen ;Set to 5 for dx9 windowed ;dx9 modes cause some corruption of movies ;A dx9 mode is required for any graphics related script extender functions to work (i.e. fullscreen shaders) ;Modes 1, 2 and 3 are no longer supported Mode=4 ;If using a dx9 mode, this changes the resolution ;The graphics are simply stretched to fit the new window; this does _not_ let you see more of the map GraphicsWidth=1360 GraphicsHeight=768 ;This changes the settings of the hardware scaler in graphics modes 4 or 5 ;Set to 0 to disable, 1 to use only if screen res > 640x480, 2 to use if screen res != 640x480 or 3 to use always ;To use a hardware scaler a file called 'global.fx' must be placed in data\shaders, and must contain one technique with one or more passes GlobalShaderMode=0 ;Set to something other than 0 to apply a software scaler in graphics modes 4 or 5 ;This can be used instead of, or in addition to, the hardware global.fx shader ;This option is unsupported when using Mash's resolution patch ;0 - Default scaler ;1 - 2xSai ;2 - SuperEagle ;3 - Super2xSai ;4 - hq2x ;5 - AdvancedMame2x ;6 - letterbox ;7 - no scaling ScaleFilter=0 ;Set to 1 for a linear texture filter, or 0 to disable TextureFilter=0 ;Set to 1 to override the console, allowing extra text at high resolutions (BETA!) ;Requires DX9 mode OverrideConsole=0 This will fix two problems: 1. The rainbow color problem 2. The small boxed frame problem. Enjoy the game!