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I got a free computer with one catch, the Bios password is active. Help.
Like I said, free laptop (HP Omnibook 4150) with just one problem, the Bios
password is active, and guess what? No one knows what it is. Now, I have some options, I can get a new chip from Password Crackers and have it installed, then send the old one back to them so they can extract the password. That options expensive. The next one is to ground out the Bios chip (power off) so that it will loose the programing, tried that, couldn't find it. Next, find a backdoor password into the Bios, and yes, I tried "phoenix" already. What I basicly need is more options, and if anybody has any, I would appreciate hearing them, as is I am still waiting for a reply from HP and my "local" service center. I am not holding my breath for either of them. Thanks. Kheir. |
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KILLCMOS
you can download it from... http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~ikhtan...weakfiles.html and here's some more info about it.. There is a very useful program called killcmos available at the site below. Please note that when you go to download it, it will show as being infected with a virus called killcmos. IT IS NOT INFECTED. please see McAfee at the site below for details of why the program is classed as a trojan virus. http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=98794 http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/download.html RedBack |
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"RedBack" wrote in message ... KILLCMOS you can download it from... http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~ikhtan...weakfiles.html and here's some more info about it.. There is a very useful program called killcmos available at the site below. Please note that when you go to download it, it will show as being infected with a virus called killcmos. IT IS NOT INFECTED. please see McAfee at the site below for details of why the program is classed as a trojan virus. http://vil.nai.com/vil/virusSummary.asp?virus_k=98794 http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/download.html I have used this too, worked a treat. -- Ian A7N8X Deluxe v1.04 Uber Bios 1006 + Sata Bios 2700 TB @ 2310MHz Corsair Twinx1024-3200LLPT 210 x 11.0 ATI Radeon 9700Pro 2 x Maxtor 120GB 8MB SATA RAID 0 |
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In article , kheir112
@aol.com says... Like I said, free laptop (HP Omnibook 4150) with just one problem, the Bios password is active, and guess what? No one knows what it is. Tends to happen when the laptop has been stolen.... -- Conor Hi. This is my friend, Jack ****, and you don't know him. |
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Conor ) writes:
In article , kheir112 @aol.com says... Like I said, free laptop (HP Omnibook 4150) with just one problem, the Bios password is active, and guess what? No one knows what it is. Tends to happen when the laptop has been stolen.... I was going to say that I hadn't seen one of those posts in a long time. I remember about 1995 or so, and maybe it was just the newsgroups I was reading at the time, every so often someone would post about the laptop they had and how they needed to bypass the password. Maybe they caught on, because I haven't seen such a post in some years. If it's properly acquired, there are always ways to get around the password. Take it to a dealer, and I'm sure they'll help (though one wonders why the original owner didn't do this themselves, if they'd lost the password). Michael |
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Michael Black wrote:
If it's properly acquired, there are always ways to get around the password. Take it to a dealer, and I'm sure they'll help (though one wonders why the original owner didn't do this themselves, if they'd lost the password). I did HONESTLY aquire a thinkpad 755CX that a dingbat forgot the passwords for the 2 HD's and the bios etc. She was too lazy to bother and just went and bought a new one and was going to throw away this one! I ended up getting it going but people can end up with a passwork locked laptop without stealing it. -- Stacey |
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