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    Is it worth fixing?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by darkmikey, May 4, 2008.

  1. darkmikey

    darkmikey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey,

    My laptop decided that my bios password is incorrect. I realise that the only way to fix it is to take it to a Toshiba dealer to have the password removed for a price (which is annoying considering I didn't forget my password in fact the same password happens to be for this site!) but what I want to know is whether it is worth fixing.

    Its about 2.5-3 years old and a Toshiba Satilite A100 PSA88A (I think)
    CPU: 1.66 dual core
    Ram: 1.5GB (upgraded from 512 last year)
    Hdd: 250GB SATA (upgraded early this week)
    Graphics: Intel 940GM
    OS: winxp pro

    Lucky I didn't put a password on the hard drive so all my data is safe!

    So should I go and pay $100+ for it to get fixed or sell the memory and hdd and put the money towards a new computer?
     
    darkmikey, May 4, 2008
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  2. de.1337

    de.1337 Notebook Evangelist

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    k. does it even look for an operating system?
     
    de.1337, May 4, 2008
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  3. darkmikey

    darkmikey Notebook Enthusiast

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    no it just goes Welcome to Michaels laptop.. (my owner string) with a box in the middle of the screen for my password. But when I enter my password it says its incorrect which I know it isn't
     
    darkmikey, May 4, 2008
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  4. Kdawgca

    Kdawgca rotaredoM repudrepuS RBN

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    Discussion on how to bypass security measures(like BIOS password) is prohibited by the forum rules so please dont bring it up again.

    I suggest filling out the FAQ so that we can help you better(the FAQ will help us determine what your needs are)
     
    Kdawgca, May 4, 2008
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  5. boypogi

    boypogi Man Beast

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    just sell it off and buy a new notebook :)
     
    boypogi, May 4, 2008
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  6. darkmikey

    darkmikey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Sorry I thought I made it clear, I'm not after away around the password. I'm asking whether its worth spending more money on getting toshiba to reset it, or whether I'm better off buying a new one, like boypogi said in the post above me.
     
    darkmikey, May 4, 2008
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  7. Gregory

    Gregory disassemble?

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    If you're even asking then I guess you aren't too attatched to the laptop. I'll buy it from you if you can prove you own it! ;)
     
    Gregory, May 5, 2008
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  8. darkmikey

    darkmikey Notebook Enthusiast

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    Nah I've decided to get it fixed, I looked into fixing it myself but the only way that sounded promising involved opening her up and shorting out some pins :eek:

    If I had more money I'd buy something new but well frankly I don't at the moment plus the whole spending $70 on the (almost faulty) recovery disk didn't make it easy to think about letting it go. Not to mention its my first laptop
     
    darkmikey, May 6, 2008
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