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Bios Lock out: help!

Krazy_Konrad
edited October 2007 in General
hey, i have an ACER travel mate laptop. I need to reformat the HD but the Bios is locked out.

I've tried removing all power sources (including the little battery on the motherboard) for nearly a month in hopes that the password would be lost. I also tried down loading this little bios password identification program, but it didn't work.

Any one else have any bright ideas before I pay the bux and send it back to ACER?

Comments

  • Ether
    edited October 2007
    I suppose you already tried everything on here.

    Maybe this might help.
  • Magnificent_BastardMagnificent_Bastard
    edited October 2007
    Why do you need to access the BIOS? Most recent (last 5 years) laptops have the CD-ROM drive as the primary boot device, or if it's older, it would be the floppy drive.

    Other than that, I would suggest upgrading the BIOS if this one is locked out. If you update it, it might get rid of the password.

    http://global.acer.com/support/windows/win-xp-sp2.htm

    Apparently you need to upgrade the BIOS for these models anyway, if you want to install XP SP2. Check it out and see if that works.
  • Krazy_Konrad
    edited October 2007
    Yeah, thanx guys.

    I tried all that (except the motherboard thing involving switchin of the pins because for the life of me I cannot get my laptop appart without breaking something).

    Anyhow, lets hope that it wont cost too much....
  • JayDub
    edited October 2007
    Try this site here
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