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2 issues with an older XP machine

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trisha01

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Posted February 8, 2013 at 10:52AM

I have been given an older Compusys pc, Compusys Economist P43HZ80GBMTE, running Win XP Pro. I upgraded the memory from 1gb to 2gb yesterday,and cleared a load of junk programs from it, however, I cannot install Service pack 3 at all, I've Googled and tried all the solutions available, I want to know is it essential to have service pack 3 ? if so how can I get this installed?

The other issue is that the BIOS has a password, so I can't get into the BIOS , I don't think the previous owner passworded it and I believe that some manufacturers did put passwords on. Does anyone know how I can take the password off? would the two issues be related in anyway?

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lotvic

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Posted February 8, 2013 at 1:23PM

It's a CR2032, silver, round and is bit thicker than a 10p coin. Here is basics or just do a google for 'replace motherboard battery' and there are plenty of vids on youtube. If you decide to put a new one in at any time they sell them in most shops, supermarkets, poundland etc.

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trisha01

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Posted April 8, 2013 at 9:08PM

Hi it's me again with an update - had to replace the PSU so took the CMOS battery out at the same time, unfortunately still asking for a password

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trisha01

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Posted April 8, 2013 at 9:09PM

Hi - just an update tried battery removal - that did not work will have to try another method

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lotvic

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Posted April 9, 2013 at 12:09AM

If that didn't work - or maybe it did and now you have the default password employed by the Bios manufacturer so to get round that try entering the ones that Fruit Bat /\0/\ gave you links to. Also read www.dewassoc.com/support/bios/bios_password.htm which explains and gives some bios passwords.

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