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Setting Jumpers
Some devices in the system have pins that must be jumpered
according to way the device is used in your computer, or the
way your system is configured. For example, jumpers on
the system board must be set to correspond to the processor
speed and processor bus speed. A hard disk drive or
CD-ROM reader must be jumpered as a master or slave
device. Jumpers on the fax/modem board are set differently
according to whether the system is running the Windows 95
or Windows NT operating system.
SYSTEM BOARD JUMPER SETTINGS
System board jumpers enable you to configure your system
for a particular system requirement.
Conditions that require changing jumper settings include the
following situations:
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You are upgrading your processor. You need to check
that jumpers are set correctly for processor upgrade.
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You forgot your password and cannot boot your system.
You need to set a jumper to "clear" your current
password.
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Your BIOS has become corrupted and you must perform
a BIOS Recovery. This entire procedure is performed in
conjunction with a BIOS Recovery diskette. This
procedure is seldom required; if it is, see the instructions
that are provided with the diskette.
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