BIOS lock

[BBA]

Ok scourge, where have you seen a "bios" crack?

The only bios I ever had a problem after clearing cmos is on a IBM laptop some idiot password protected. (Thats a special case in itself because the IBM is a high security device that requires hardware replacement if you loose the boot password, and IBM won't even retrieve the data.)

BBA

[BeaZumD]

Someone here at school changed the BIOS password on one of the network computers, and he has no idea what it was changed to. Is there any way to get around it, change it, delete it? All of the information on this computer is expendable.
Thanks

[philipg]

here is the only solution I know of.

Disconnect the battery or look for a jumper that says cmos clear. This will erase the password and reset everything in the bios. The jumper requires you to turn the PC on for a few seconds then put it back the way it was and the password is gone.

You won't loose anything on the drives except the settings in the Bios for what size it is.

[This message has been edited by philipg (edited 06-24-99).]

[scourge]

Is it an AMI or Award bios? If so, just do a search with altavista or similar search engine for an "AMI password crack", "bios password crack", etc.

philipg made a good suggestion, but unless your bios has an autodetect hard disk option or you have the documentation for that hard drive as far as cylinders, heads, etc. I would try a password cracker first.

[jmatrix]

If you don't have a cmos jumper on your board and/or are unable to remove your battery(some are hard-wired). I have a little program called "killcmos.zip. It will wipe out any password protection and reset your cmos set-up to default. Seems to work about 90% of the time. E-mail me if you want me to e-mail the file to you.
Good luck,
Paul