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   Re: Restore BIOS to factory settings usi   
   22 Jul 19 16:12:30   
   
   From: jj4public@nospicedham.vfemail.net   
      
   On Sun, 21 Jul 2019 12:32:52 -0700 (PDT), persky03@nospicedham.gmail.com   
   wrote:   
   > Hello,   
   > I`m beginner assambly programmer.I would like to know how to restore BIOS to   
   factory settings using programming. I read the forums and try to find a   
   solution, unfortunately unsuccessfully.   
   > Has anyone from this forum ever done anything like that? Maybe it is   
   possible to simulate "no CMOS batteries"? And this way you can restore BIOS? I   
   would like to know how to program it.   
      
   Zeroing CMOS' standard checksum (and extended checksum) will basically   
   invalidate the CMOS data. After a cold boot, the BIOS will complain about   
   CMOS checksum error, which in turns will reset all BIOS settings to factory   
   default.   
      
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