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BIOS Password
Name: Dirk Date: September 8, 2002 at 11:45:25 Pacific OS: Windows ME CPU/Ram: PII, 64 Mb
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I have a Gateway Solo 5150 Laptop that I purchased at a garage sale. The previous owner's son set the BIOS passwords and I can't clear them. Does anyone now the manufactors "BackDoor" defaul password? It's using PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0. Can anyone help ??
Name: capt Date: September 8, 2002 at 12:07:16 Pacific
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Have you tried removing the cmos battery? You have to wait several minutes for the password to clear?
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Response Number 2
Name: Jan Date: September 8, 2002 at 15:50:17 Pacific
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You bought a computer without turning it on?
Call the previous owner and get the password.
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Response Number 3
Name: dave Date: September 8, 2002 at 16:31:03 Pacific
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every computer has a default pasword look in googles i have also herd that there is a program that will remopve this . : If its a BIOS pasword, locate the CMOS jumper and short it across the middle two pins for ten seconds, put it back and restart the password will default to disabled. : : I f a Win password, boot to an A:> with a start up floppy and change to C:, locate the files ending .pwl and delete them,probably in C:\windows\...restart and you will be asked for a new password, make one up and you will be in also search in www.googles.com
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Response Number 4
Name: stryc9 Date: September 9, 2002 at 09:18:09 Pacific
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just take out the cmos battery as mentioned above. Some motherboards have a jumper setting that clears the CMOS so take a look at your documentation.
Should be easy.
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Response Number 5
Name: Speedy Date: September 9, 2002 at 19:43:02 Pacific
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OR crack it to use the default settings by using a program called "KillCMOS" you can git it here----> & its only 32kb! http://www.freepctech.com/pc/002/files001.shtml
It WILL show as a virus cause it acts as one but i know for a fact it is not! (the site will tell you this also... Good Luck Speedy
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Response Number 6
Name: Jan Den Haerynck Date: September 13, 2002 at 12:21:06 Pacific
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Best way is to remove battery... It always works...
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