bypassing bios password?!!

PcQuEEn33 · 17-November-04, 02:48 AM

My boyfriend just bought an older HP from a friend, Nothing fancy just somethin to give his dad to play on. But the person he bought it from put a password on the bios and cant remember what it is. Is there any way to bypass it? Would just flashin the bios work? If anyone can help i would really appreciate it!

Iateronmly · 17-November-04, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by PcQuEEn33


	My boyfriend just bought an older HP from a friend, Nothing fancy just somethin to give his dad to play on. But the person he bought it from put a password on the bios and cant remember what it is. Is there any way to bypass it? Would just flashin the bios work? If anyone can help i would really appreciate it!

Pull the battery/reset CMOS.

PcQuEEn33 · 17-November-04, 03:02 AM

Thank you very much for the help.. just as you replied he got it. Thank you.

jake_johnson · 17-November-04, 10:51 AM

However there are some people who are uncomfortable going in the comps. Just for future reference for them. Unplug the power cable for a night. Batery power drains and when battery is drained its just like you unplugged it. But unplugging the bat. is still way faster.

Darksamurai · 17-November-04, 11:25 AM

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Originally Posted by jake_johnson


	However there are some people who are uncomfortable going in the comps. Just for future reference for them. Unplug the power cable for a night. Batery power drains and when battery is drained its just like you unplugged it. But unplugging the bat. is still way faster.

Uhh, dude...

I have an AMD K-5 I left sitting in my garage for roughly 6 months without it ever being turned on. It still retained my BIOS settings. those batteries usually last 'bout 3 years...

Zer0s · 17-November-04, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by jake_johnson


	However there are some people who are uncomfortable going in the comps. Just for future reference for them. Unplug the power cable for a night. Batery power drains and when battery is drained its just like you unplugged it. But unplugging the bat. is still way faster.

uhh, wrong.....those little coin batteries last for along time. you have to pull battery and reset the jumper. dude....wtf?

stereomod · 17-November-04, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by jake_johnson


	However there are some people who are uncomfortable going in the comps. Just for future reference for them. Unplug the power cable for a night. Batery power drains and when battery is drained its just like you unplugged it. But unplugging the bat. is still way faster.

OK

i guess you are indeed a n00b- point proven!

Zer0s · 17-November-04, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by jake_johnson


	However there are some people who are uncomfortable going in the comps. Just for future reference for them. Unplug the power cable for a night. Batery power drains and when battery is drained its just like you unplugged it. But unplugging the bat. is still way faster.

my friends little sister knows that and she HATES computers....

jake_johnson · 17-November-04, 01:51 PM

Then I must have a few defective bateries. Because I have found that on some of the older systems it does indeed work. And yet on some systems i have found it does not. Ive never seen it work on new system but i have quite a few old p2 systems pass through my house in past year and it worked on about 3/4 of them, unplug eat dinner, come back, prob solved.

stereomod · 17-November-04, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Zer0s


	my friends little sister knows that and she HATES computers....

lol yah but come on, any one should know that the ONLY way to reset a bios is to remove the battery! or clear the bios VIA jumper

and exactly how old are we talking about here?
like old enough to know that you can't reset a bios by unpluging it?

PHLAK · 17-November-04, 02:01 PM

If it is old enough you can bypass it by typing AWARD_SW all caps. This works on the older computers.

Sum_12_fear · 17-November-04, 03:26 PM

If you look around the forums someone else asked i posted a link to a page full of default BIOS passwords. Ill google and see if i can find it again.

Psylariser · 17-November-04, 04:03 PM

Got you covered Sum_12_fear........

http://forums.pcapex.com/showthread.php?t=26235

Easy to find because it was my thread.

17-November-04, 02:48 AM		#1 (permalink)
PcQuEEn33 Apex Techie I	bypassing bios password?!! My boyfriend just bought an older HP from a friend, Nothing fancy just somethin to give his dad to play on. But the person he bought it from put a password on the bios and cant remember what it is. Is there any way to bypass it? Would just flashin the bios work? If anyone can help i would really appreciate it!

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17-November-04, 03:02 AM		#3 (permalink)
PcQuEEn33 Apex Techie I	Thank you very much for the help.. just as you replied he got it. Thank you.

17-November-04, 10:51 AM		#4 (permalink)
jake_johnson Apex Advanced Techie	However there are some people who are uncomfortable going in the comps. Just for future reference for them. Unplug the power cable for a night. Batery power drains and when battery is drained its just like you unplugged it. But unplugging the bat. is still way faster.

17-November-04, 01:51 PM		#9 (permalink)
jake_johnson Apex Advanced Techie	Then I must have a few defective bateries. Because I have found that on some of the older systems it does indeed work. And yet on some systems i have found it does not. Ive never seen it work on new system but i have quite a few old p2 systems pass through my house in past year and it worked on about 3/4 of them, unplug eat dinner, come back, prob solved.

17-November-04, 02:01 PM		#11 (permalink)
PHLAK Apex Tech God	If it is old enough you can bypass it by typing AWARD_SW all caps. This works on the older computers.

17-November-04, 03:26 PM		#12 (permalink)
Sum_12_fear Apex Tech Fanatic	If you look around the forums someone else asked i posted a link to a page full of default BIOS passwords. Ill google and see if i can find it again.

17-November-04, 04:03 PM		#13 (permalink)
Psylariser Apex Tech Fanatic	Got you covered Sum_12_fear........ http://forums.pcapex.com/showthread.php?t=26235 Easy to find because it was my thread.