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I have a Test Computer that my sister gave me and she got it free from her College for getting her GED, I think. Any way the ROM Bios has a password set and I need to get into that. I have allready tried removing the battery and booting it without the battery and then booting it back up with the battery but it still has a password. So I need to find out the password or remove it.
Who is the Motherboard and BIOS manufacturer?
once you find that out, you can just go here and look it up in the backdoor passwords section. if that does not work i think there are other ways to do it listed on the link...good luck :D !
slick
There is usually a bios password jumper setting on the bank close to the processor. If you go to the manufacturer's website you should find a plan of the jumper settings. There might even be a chart stuck inside the computer somewhere.
If you take the battery out you may have to leave it 12 hours or more, depending on the capacitors. Make sure that the PC is unplugged at the time.
Cheers
It is AWARD bios, I'm not sure of the brand.
so since its an award, try these
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Award BIOS backdoor passwords:
ALFAROME
ALLy
aLLy
aLLY
ALLY
aPAf
_award
AWARD_SW
AWARD?SW
AWARD SW
AWARD PW
AWKWARD
awkward BIOSTAR
CONCAT
CONDO
Condo
d8on
djonet
HLT
J64
J256
J262
j332
j322 KDD
Lkwpeter
LKWPETER
PINT
pint
SER
SKY_FOX
SYXZ
syxz
shift + syxz
TTPTHA
ZAAADA
ZBAAACA
ZJAAADC
01322222
589589
589721
595595
598598
slick
Ok I tried all of those passwords and none of them worked. So what do I do?
As I suggested..................
1. Find the BIOS password jumper switch. Move it to the opposite position & boot the computer. Shut down the computer. Move the jumper switch back. Reboot.
2. Take the battery out and leave the machine disconnected for at least 12 hours......24 would be better, to allow the capacitors to drain. Put battery back.
3. Maybe your sister could find the answer? I would not be very impressed with a gift that I could not use :eek: Could she ask the people at her college?
Cheers
I just have to mention that the machine needs to be unplugged from the wall. (Dont even ask how many people have taken their battery out expecting it to reset everything and have called me only for me to find out the power cord was still plugged into the wall)Quote:
Originally posted here by nihil
As I suggested..................
1. Find the BIOS password jumper switch. Move it to the opposite position & boot the computer. Shut down the computer. Move the jumper switch back. Reboot.
2. Take the battery out and leave the machine disconnected for at least 12 hours......24 would be better, to allow the capacitors to drain. Put battery back.
3. Maybe your sister could find the answer? I would not be very impressed with a gift that I could not use :eek: Could she ask the people at her college?
Cheers
It doesn't have a jumper :eek:. I did take out the battery but it still has a password. I only took it out for like 15 minutes so I will take it out for 24 Hours and see what happens. If that doesn't work I am just gonna trash it and mess around with another computer i have lying around :D . The only thing that it had that was really worth keeping anyway was the moniter.