HP Pavilion 23-h020a clear cmos

Hello world

I have a HP Pavilion 23 - h020a All-in-one that was brought to me for repair.

It is currently stuck in a loop of repair.

I want to check the BIOS settings, but there is a password that prevents me from falling in the.

Unless I'm blind, I see nowhere on the map a way to reset the CMOS.

It is the second time in the space of 3 months, what has happened.

The first time it's arrived, the customer told me he had it wiped and the installer again.

In my view, there is more than that and one thing I want to check is the boot order.

I can't run recovery either as I keep saying that I need this password.

I would appreciate any help with this issue.

Thank you.

I had to find someone at HP to focus on this system.

Although there is a jumper that can be moved, there is nothing on the Board of Directors indicating what are pins for what function.

HP technology was also very surprised.

After changing rider to different braces several times, he has managed to clear the password.

Just thought it would be good to indicate to users that there is a solution.

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