bios password

[Peter]

Anyone know how to erase a lost bios password? Will simply shorting the bios
reset jumper do it, or do I need to restart the pc with the jumper in the
reset position?

TIA

 

[Wesley Vogel]

How to Bypass BIOS Passwords
http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/BIOS_hack.htm

 

[Peter]

Anyone know how to erase a lost bios password? Will simply shorting the
bios reset jumper do it, or do I need to restart the pc with the jumper in
the reset position?

TIA

In case anyones interested I found what I was looking for here
http://www.dewassoc.com/support/bios/bios_password.htm

 

[R. McCarty]

If machine is bootable you can use the following:
Start a Cmd prompt
Invoke Debug
-o 70 2e
-o 71 FF
-q
*o is the letter O (Octal value), not the numeral Zero.

 

[John]

If machine is bootable you can use the following:
Start a Cmd prompt
Invoke Debug
-o 70 2e
-o 71 FF
-q
*o is the letter O (Octal value), not the numeral Zero.

Very misleading.
The o command stands for output not octal.
The first number (70) is the port number in hexadecimal.
The second number (2e) is the value, also in hexadecimal,
that will be written to the specified port.

 

[R. McCarty]

Thanks for the correct - It's obvious I'm no programmer.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Anyone know how to erase a lost bios password? Will simply shorting the bios
reset jumper do it, or do I need to restart the pc with the jumper in the
reset position?

TIA

Simply follow the instructions provided by the computer's manufacturer.
There are many different BIOS manufacturers, and they use differing
methods.


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[NoConsequence]

Anyone know how to erase a lost bios password? Will simply shorting the bios
reset jumper do it, or do I need to restart the pc with the jumper in the
reset position?

TIA

Why are you asking here? This has nothing to do with the OS!

 

[Peter]

Why are you asking here? This has nothing to do with the OS!

I cant think of an OS that doesn't use a bios, so why not?

 

[NoConsequence]

I cant think of an OS that doesn't use a bios, so why not?

Maybe because what he is asking about occurs before the computer even
looks for the OS? The question is out of place here.

 

[Bob I]

I cant think of an OS that doesn't use a bios, so why not?

By that line of reasoning, since electricity is required in order to run
an OS on a computer, questions about coal fired powerplants are also
acceptable!!!