Today when I got in I got a order for 7 free level laptops and a different order for 1 free level laptop. I'm using 7 HP laptops and 1 Toshiba, all of them needed a dban and they take 3 hours so I had a lot of down time today. I had a issue with a couple of them were the BIOS was locked and I couldn't get into it no matter what trick I tried. Peter, a fellow volunteer that has a lot of experience with HP showed me a neat trick reset the password. He opened up the cover for the RAM on the bottom of the laptop and lifted up the thin piece of plastic covering the board. He then showed me were it says CMOS CLR and told me to put a piece of metal and touch the two jumpers, it will short circuit and clear the passwords, and that worked perfectly.
After lunch I had XP installing and they finished just before the day ended so I'll have to finish up the orders tomorrow morning.
Thanks for taking the time to read this~
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