I got my computer used, and there is a password keaping me out of my bios. The person I got it from dont know what it is. Is there a way to get in it somehow?
2007-06-06 13:05:19 · 10 answers · asked by Rottonwieller 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
Will unplugging the battery effect any of my currently installed programs?
2007-06-06 13:22:15 · update #1
Blah!
2007-06-08 15:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple solution, but get ready to do some taking apart. You need to take part the laptop and get to the CMOS chip. It's a small lithium battery. Take it out, and wait a while then put it back. Put the laptop back together and that will flash the BIOS password. That is the only way if you dont know it. It's a pain if you dont know what you're doing, so i'd suggest to get someone with a little IT knowledge to help. Good luck
2016-05-18 08:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have simply removed the "jumpers" across the small pins on the motherboard. This worked on a bunch of old Zeniths I got from a school dumpster. I have heard you can remove the battery from the motherboard and the computer will reset to no password.
2007-06-06 13:15:47 · answer #3 · answered by Mr. Copycat 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If the motherboard battery is removeable (flat silver battery) then do so and leave it out for a few hours. If it is the solder on type (looks like a small barrel) hunt for a jumper on the board that is labeled for the battery.
This will allow the BIOS to die back to factory defaults.
2007-06-06 13:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heres my easy solution...open up the tower and pull out the CMOS battery. It's a round flat battery that you can easy locate on the motherboard. Pop it out for 5-10mins and pop it back in, close up, start up and the password is gone.
2007-06-06 13:09:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take out the motherboard battery
2007-06-06 13:07:45 · answer #6 · answered by Cupcake 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No but one time I pretended I was with my friend to go look inside! It was beautiful and looked like a fairy castle!! Whats with oranges? he thinks hes so cool with his fancy computer and his high paying job! I think he has a problem with people who listen to satanic music. WHATEVER!
2007-06-06 16:56:28 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop buying someone else's crap. Get off your butt and get a real job and you can afford a nice new Acer laptop with HD and Vista and 2GB RAM like me. Hahahaha.
Shut up, I only said that because I know him. And yeah, I know it doesn't answer his question, it's a thing we have. Deal with it.
2007-06-06 15:50:28 · answer #8 · answered by pancakes & hyrup 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try here
http://www.tech-faq.com/reset-bios-password.shtml
2007-06-06 13:08:57 · answer #9 · answered by DOUGLAS M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
can you still boot thru windows?
if so... then why do you need into bios...
and if not... reformat ur computer
2007-06-06 13:09:40 · answer #10 · answered by bl00dsuckr 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋