First post, by Geon106
Hey all,
I recently purchased an Apricot MS540 from eBay, however it has a Fingerprint Password upon the POST screen.
It doesn't seem this can be cleared by resetting the BIOS.
The user manual states:
"The Apricot Electronic Fingerprinting program appears
every time you start Windows 95 until you have branded
the computer. If you don’t brand your computer
promptly, someone else might do it before you!
After you have entered your details you are prompted to
set a branding password. This password will be requested
if you ever need to run the Electronic Fingerprinting
program again to change the branding information (for
example, if you change address).
Optionally, for extra security, you can decide that this
same password is requested every time the computer is
turned on, or every time the mains power supply is
interrupted.
If you forget your branding password, you can use a
special fall-back password instead. The fall-back password
is a 12-digit number that is unique to your computer. It
is displayed only once, the first time you set a branding
password."
Unfortunately I do not know the password nor do I have the fall-back password. I've searched online and asked everywhere but I fear I'm at a Dead end. I don't want to throw away a good PC purely because of a password so hoping you guys can help.
Thank you all in advance
1993:A500
1997:Apricot MS540|P/166|16M|Rage3D 2M
2000:PB 9533|P3/533|128M|Voodoo3 2000 16M
'04:P4/3G|1GB|NVIDIA 5700 256M
'07:AMDX2/3.2Ghz|4GB|8800 GTX
'11:i5 2500k|16G|AMD 7950
'16:i5 6600k|16G|NVIDIA 1080|SB AE-5
'21:5900X|32GB|6800XT|SB AE-5
