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You have purchased a used computer from a computer liquidator. When you boot the computer, you find that there has been a password set on the BIOS. You need to clear the password so that you can edit the CMOS settings. What should you do

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Answer:

What you should do is to move the motherboard jumper.

Step-by-step explanation:

Based on the information given in a situation where you boot the computer system in which you find out that there was a password set on the BIOS which full meaning is BASIC INPUT/OUT SYSTEM which means that if You need to clear the set password in order for you to edit the CMOS settings which full meaning is COMPLEMENTARY METAL OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR What you should do is for you to move the MOTHERBOARD JUMPERS reason been that jumpers will help to set or configure the MOTHERBOARD which is the most important part of a computer and the brain of a computer in order to clear the password so that CMOS setting can be edited.

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