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Product Description ■ Connectors for: ❏ Microphone ❏ Stereo speaker/headphone ❏ Infrared ❏ DC power ❏ External monitor ❏ S-Video ❏ USB (3) ❏ RJ-45 (network interface card, [NIC]) ❏ RJ-11 (modem) ❏ Parallel ❏ 1394 digital ❏ One Type II PC Card slot ❏ Docking 1.3 Clearing a Password If the notebook you are servicing has an unknown password, follow these steps to clear the password. These steps also clear CMOS: 1. Prepare the notebook for disassembly (refer to Section 5.3, "Preparing the Notebook for Disassembly," for more information). 2. Remove the real time clock (RTC) battery (refer to Section 5.7, "RTC Battery"). 3. Wait approximately five minutes. 4. Replace the RTC battery and reassemble the notebook. 5. Connect AC power to the notebook. Do not reinsert the battery pack at this time. 6. Turn on the notebook. All passwords and all CMOS settings have been cleared. 1-14 Maintenance and Service Guide

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Maintenance and Service Guide
Product Description
Connectors for:
Microphone
Stereo speaker/headphone
Infrared
DC power
External monitor
S-Video
USB (3)
RJ-45 (network interface card, [NIC])
RJ-11 (modem)
Parallel
1394 digital
One Type II PC Card slot
Docking
1.3
Clearing a Password
If the notebook you are servicing has an unknown password,
follow these steps to clear the password. These steps also
clear CMOS:
1. Prepare the notebook for disassembly (refer to Section 5.3,
“Preparing the Notebook for Disassembly,” for more
information).
2. Remove the real time clock (RTC) battery (refer to
Section 5.7, “RTC Battery”).
3. Wait approximately five minutes.
4. Replace the RTC battery and reassemble the notebook.
5. Connect AC power to the notebook. Do
not
reinsert the
battery pack at this time.
6. Turn on the notebook.
All passwords and all CMOS settings have been cleared.