Thanks again James I removed the RTC battery as per instructions and the POP was disabled, I have put a new RTC battery in it just in case the old one had a problem? The date and other BIOS settings hadn't changed though which I would have expected along with the usual POST error codes with CMOS bat...

Thanks James

It is not a windows 98 password but a square symbol with the padlock along side of it. It gives you 3 attempts then locks out.

If you try for the F1 key to enter the BIOS it again asks for a password.

Like I said all worked well before it left my premises.

Thanks again

Kevin

G'day All I just sold a 390X which had no BIOS password at startup at all, the buyer shut the laptop down several times and restarted it with no password requests. Her son then claims to have only deleted some word files and inserted a CD with photos on it, all went well till the next startup and it...