BIOS : access denied

sahil22 · Post by **sahil22** » 11 Oct 2008, 06:16

Greetings,

I had recently put a password in the BIOS of my PC for security reasons. Now because of my god damn "bad memory" I have forgoteen the pass. My PC runs on Windows XP SP3 Genuine. Is there anyone I can recover my PC or I can crack into the BIOS and change/disable the password.
Thanks In advance!

Post by **ayu** » 11 Oct 2008, 06:45

Well you can try and reset the BIOS, with either taking out the CMOS battery, or using the reset pin on the motherboard (if present) =)

Post by **Gogeta70** » 11 Oct 2008, 09:09

The reset jumper is right next to the CMOS battery, just take it out for a couple minutes, but don't lose it!

Post by **bad_brain** » 11 Oct 2008, 10:09

let's hope it's not a Dell....

Post by **ayu** » 11 Oct 2008, 10:11

bad_brain wrote:let's hope it's not a Dell....

Why would he have a Dell? Thought suck-o had a Dell filter ^^

Although, it seems like our Windows filter has failed for many years Oo

Post by **bad_brain** » 11 Oct 2008, 10:47

ulysse · Post by **ulysse** » 19 Oct 2008, 08:59

what about Dells? i dont understand.

i have one, what will it do if i remove the CMOS?

Post by **floodhound2** » 19 Oct 2008, 10:00

Some dells have an EEPROM so there is no battery reset. Makes for a tougher BiOS reset. I think you actually have to call Dell for a reset code or something.

ulysse · Post by **ulysse** » 20 Oct 2008, 16:57

floodhound2 wrote:Some dells have an EEPROM so there is no battery reset. Makes for a tougher BiOS reset. I think you actually have to call Dell for a reset code or something.

Hmmm well there was in fact a CMOS on my ancient dell. And it was decent old (2004). So yeah i guess latest dells have EEPROM

Post by **floodhound2** » 20 Oct 2008, 17:45

Again I would not say that all Dells, even new have this feature. It was just something that came up about a year ago when someone wanted to get into the BIOS. B_B was the one that noticed this.

My new computers all have a battery and the ability to reset the BIOS. Then again I never buy Dells either.

Radar_mX · Post by **Radar_mX** » 25 Oct 2008, 02:03

search google for backdoor passwords of BIOS