[CUBE] It arrived! plus please help :)

[Allan Hise]

I think it is just good practice to completely wipe the drive of a used
computer. Who knows what the previous owner had on there. Viruses? Pirated
software?

Wipe the sucker and start from scratch and then you'll know what you have.
Assuming that you have OS install CDs...

If you are getting an open firmware password, rumor has it that removing
the RAM will reset it.

Good luck.

Allan

On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 mcph at olemiss.edu wrote:

> The cube I purchased on ebay a couple of weeks ago finally
> arrived tonight!  :)  There's one small problem though,
> there is some sort of password protection enabled on it.
>
> Is there any way of bypassing that easily and booting the
> system?
>
> I have a set of Jaguar CD's and would be happy to format the
> hard drive and just install that if possible (actually
> I'd prefer that).  I'm assuming that's an option,  but I
> don't have any idea what the best way to go about it is.
>
> I tried inserting the first install CD but the drive isnt
> drawing it in.  is this normal?  is it perhaps being
> protected by whatever the password program is holding it
> (I'm not entirely positive that the drive is empty is there
> a way to check?).
>
> Thanks a lot for any tips! :)
>
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