Bios

[Guest]

How do you access the bios if it's password protected? Any assistance would
be much appreciated.

 

[RobertVA]

How do you access the bios if it's password protected? Any assistance would
be much appreciated.

Enter the password.

Not being able to access the BIOS without the password is the whole
point of the password protection.

It might reset to a default if you unplug the computer and take the
battery out long enough. The other settings will reset too.

 

[Mike Hall \(MS-MVP\)]

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/BIOS_hack.htm

http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/biosp.htm

 

[Vanguard]

How do you access the bios if it's password protected? Any assistance
would
be much appreciated.

When asking the same question in multiple newsgroups, cross-post your one
message to all those related newsgroups (keep it under 4 to 6 related
groups). Do not multi-post separate copies of your message to each group
which ends up disconnecting the replies made in one group from those made in
the other groups.

See your other post in the other group to which you multi-posted your
disconnected copy of your same message.

 

[Stan Brown]

Wed, 15 Mar 2006 23:01:13 -0500 from Mike Hall (MS-MVP)

http://labmice.techtarget.com/articles/BIOS_hack.htm

Ptui! "To continue reading this tip you just need to activate your
free membership to [URL deleted] where the content now resides."

http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/reference/biosp.htm

Loks much better.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

How do you access the bios if it's password protected? Any assistance
would be much appreciated.

You enter the password.

If you don't know the password, some BIOSs have back-door passwords
available that you can find with a google search.

As a last resort, you can remove the battery from the motherboard (or set a
jumper on the motherboard if yours has thtat feature) to reset the BIOS
contents to the defaults (that turns the the password off). You usually need
to leave the battery out for 15 minutes or so, but it sometimes takes
longer.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

How do you access the bios if it's password protected? Any assistance would
be much appreciated.

Either by entering the password, or by following the motherboard
manufacturer's instructions for by-passing or resetting the BIOS
password. Hint: It's usually sufficient to remove the CMOS battery for
a few minutes; just be aware that this action *will* reset the BIOS to
it's factory defaults, which may not necessarily be desirable, depending
upon the specific situation.


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Bruce Chambers

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