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CMOS Password
Name: blobby Date: February 15, 2005 at 13:29:05 Pacific OS: win98 CPU/Ram: p1
Comment:
Can anyone help, I have found that the cmos password has been set on my toshiba satellite 110CS. I have tried disconnecting the batteries but this has not worked is there a Bios jumper that needs to be removed or changed? if so any ideas where it is?
Name: michael2 Date: February 15, 2005 at 14:57:41 Pacific
Reply:
I was told because laptops are prone to theft there is a separate chip to store the password and removing the battery does not work. The chip does not require power to store info (non-volatile).
How do you access the operating system if you didn't know there was a password?
If this is a stolen laptop..........
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Response Number 2
Name: Mechanix2Go Date: February 15, 2005 at 16:17:23 Pacific
Reply:
Paul,
Will it boot?
M2
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Response Number 3
Name: pedropulos Date: February 23, 2005 at 14:21:19 Pacific
Summary: Retrieving a CMOS password is almost impossible. The only way to defeat a system password is to either clear or disable the password. The following method should work for ALL CMOS passwords: 1. Rem...
Summary: Killcmos is not a Trojan. It is a utility program intended to remove the CMOS password if you have set one and have forgotten it. Most AV software will see it as a Trojan just because of what it does,...
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