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    Resetting BIOS

    Discussion in 'Panasonic' started by biggamehunter, Jun 5, 2009.

  1. biggamehunter

    biggamehunter Notebook Guru

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    Is there a way to reset the Bios back to the original venison on a Cf-29 mk2?
     
    biggamehunter, Jun 5, 2009
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    Psych0Thrasher Notebook Evangelist

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    We don't talk about reseting passwords on the open forum.
     
    Psych0Thrasher, Jun 5, 2009
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  3. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    Original venison? I didn't know Toughbooks ran on deer meat...

    mnem
    *Fires up the ol' smoker for some Toughbook Jerky...*
     
    mnementh, Jun 5, 2009
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    *Salivates* NOM NOM NOM....
     
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  5. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    bacon.

    mnem
    that is all.
     
    mnementh, Jun 5, 2009
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  6. Toughbook

    Toughbook Drop and Give Me 20!

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    Yes.... There is! And it isn't secret.... Just log into the BIOS and select DEFAULT!

    It's just that easy... and can solve a myriad of isues too!


    <Backs away from the 4 year old venison>
     
    Toughbook, Jun 5, 2009
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  7. Doobi

    Doobi ToughBook DeityInTraining

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    Agrees with TB. Guys, he was asking how to reset the BIOS back to original, not how to bypass a BIOS password... DAMMIT, now you made me bring up the forbidden topic.... I HATE YOU DRAGON!!!

    Simply hit F2 when booting up to access the bios. Go to the last tab and select the option to load default values, then save and exit. That is all there is to it.
     
    Doobi, Jun 6, 2009
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    I didnt even catch that lol, doesnt he mean actually flash it back to a previous version not just setting the settings to default?
     
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    Connor922, Jun 6, 2009
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  9. Alex

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    Or download the bios file from panasonic downloads
    Have a usb floppy or a floppy drive as first boot device
    Create a bootable floppy
    And any additional floppys for the bios files
    +boot and update

    Alex
     
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  10. biggamehunter

    biggamehunter Notebook Guru

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    Just to clarify I need to go from venison 17 back to 14 or 16.I am not trying to reset any passwords!I an not able to use the searl port ,which I could use with the earlier Bios.
    Thanks for your help, Mike
     
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    Jumped the gun.... my bad
     
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    Well, if you updated the BIOS yourself, you SHOULD have a backup of the original BIOS; your flash utility makes a copy before it does the write.

    WHERE? That is the question.Typically they'll default to the install media; if that's not available, try looking in the root of the hard drive.
    I don't know if Panasonic hosts an older versions of the BIOS for your model; you may need to find a user in this forum with your same model and beg them to make a copy of their BIOS BIN file for you to get that.

    mnem
    *Playing Tug O' War with his Personal Confuser since 1988*
     
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    if you can't find anyone who has the BIN file or can't find it on your computer, I suppose you could reset the BIOS to default by unplugging the BIOS battery and discharging the residual power
     
    Psych0Thrasher, Jun 6, 2009
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  14. mnementh

    mnementh Crusty Ol' TinkerDwagon

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    PT -

    Pssst -

    He's trying to revert to an older BIOS version because the newest version for his model doesn't include support for his Serial Port; it's a known issue with CF-18s. Resetting to defaults won't bring that back.

    mnem
    *SneakSneakSNEAKS away...*
     
    mnementh, Jun 6, 2009
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