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Old March 28th, 2011
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Originally Posted by Peerless View Post
I must say, I've never heard of a password for a cpu....
On the 486 motherboard there was a prom that could be used to set a password. It was possible to change the password only three or four times, as each new password would fill the next slot on the chip. There was no way to bypass it. I don't know if the ability to set that kind of password is available on current motherboards.
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