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    Anyone know the back door BIOS password?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by Larmie1997, Apr 22, 2010.

  1. Larmie1997

    Larmie1997 Notebook Geek

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    Had a venturous youngster tamper with my laptop yesterday, and that person managed to set a bios password. The machine will boot with out it, but it is requesting an administrator password in order to access the BIOS settings. Heh, I wouldn't have even noticed if I hadn't decided to load Ubuntu 10.04 for the first time.... Needed access to the boot order.

    So, does anyone happen to know the back door password or any other option for me to get this fixed? It would be easy if I could pull the mobo ID from the OS, but HP thought ahead on this and I fear that they may have done the same thing with the password issue.

    Thanks,
    Laramie
     
    Larmie1997, Apr 22, 2010
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  2. Kuu

    Kuu That Quiet Person

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    You could just pull out the CMOS battery for a few minutes; that should reset the BIOS, password included.
     
    Kuu, Apr 22, 2010
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  3. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    You know it just occurred to me that I don't think we allow this kind of discussion. I'm going to close this thread, but if you think it's legit, hit up Chaz and he'll make the final call.
     
    Commander Wolf, Apr 22, 2010
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