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    Emachine e422 laptop password frozen out?

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by marcmarc, Sep 11, 2011.

  1. marcmarc

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    Hi,
    can anyone help?,
    my screen recently got cracked and so i bought a new screen and replaced it, after putting it back together i turned it on and heard it booting up and all seemed ok, the screen came alive and i noticed for a second or two i think some spec's and something to do with F2 and F12 then it went to a full blue screen with the password log-in, the problem i have is i do not know the password (was a secondhand-gift also i never set it) or can i even try to put a password in because the little dash is not blinking, its as if its frozen, i have tried the logical things like turning it off and rebooting, pressing all of the keys but nothing, the only way i can turn it off is to hold down the on button,
    Can anyone think of anything i could try to get it back working, i am a student and very short of funds so really would like to try and rectify the problem myself,
    thanks all for looking at my post and for any suggestions/help.
     
    marcmarc, Sep 11, 2011
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