Jumpers?

[ManBearPig]

ok i took this jumper thing off this 3 pin thing in my motherboard and apparently i cannot make any changes in bios (system passwords) without the jumper back in..

can this be overriden?

 

[kaname]

nope, gotta put the jumper on the default pins to get it to work.

 

[Nitestick]

ditto. its a "security" feature from Intel, it does have its merits. i presume it was to stop people from messing with computers that are in public use e.g. library terminals.