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    Acer Aspire 3100 crashed during Vista now asking 4 Bios Password

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by bigamil, Oct 9, 2007.

  1. bigamil

    bigamil Newbie

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    So i'm working on an Acer Aspire 3100 for a buddy and i guess what happened is that he was in the middle of re installing vista. Something happened and he went to turn it back on and now its asking for a bio's password and when it boots it just goes to a blank screen with a "_" . How can i flash the bios? I know i could remove the cmos battery but i cant seem to find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated i really dont wanna send this thing into acer.

    Thanks
     
    bigamil, Oct 9, 2007
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  2. Greg

    Greg Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    How convenient...asking about a BIOS password.

    Well, guess what...those are in place to prevent easy theft of data...and we are not going to discuss bypassing BIOS passwords or any passwords here.
     
    Greg, Oct 9, 2007
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