[DC LoCo] Help, have I bricked my netbook? (@#^&!* GRUB)

[Mackenzie Morgan]

On Monday, March 07, 2011 7:58:10 PM Eric Maag wrote:
> now from what I was able to gather I need to fix GRUB one suggestion
> is to use a repair disk, but when I try to enter BIOS to change the
> boot order, it's asking me for a password now (!!!) where the wasn't
> one before.

There should be what looks like a watch battery on the motherboard somewhere, 
probably near the CPU.  This is the CMOS battery.  If you pull it out (or even 
just wiggle it loose so it's no longer making a proper connection) then push 
it back in, it'll reset the BIOS to the default settings which should include 
a lack of password.

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Mackenzie Morgan
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