United States December 31, 2002
Maintenance and Service Guide
Compaq Presario 7300 Series Computers
Clearing CMOS
Troubleshooting
without
diagnostics
TROUBLESHOOTING
Clearing CMOS
If the power-on password is unknown, clearing CMOS will disable the
password and allow the computer to be operated.
The location of the Real-time Clock (RTC) battery is shown on the system
board illustration below.
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