Bios password unknown/forgotten

[-Mike-B-]

Hi all,

When I bought my laptop and configured bios to be password protected.

Lately wanted to look into BIOS (for function buttons change, as I prefer to use F1-F12 without FN button)

and realised my BIOS is password protected but dont remember which password it was.

Computer returns a code after few trials.

Any help pls

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

Please post the code you received, and I will see if I can generate an unlock passcode for you...

You need to enter any P/W 3 times for the notebook to generate the system disabled code.

[-Mike-B-]

Thanks Paul,

I managed to find the password for it. 

I was bit scared to type passwords so many times thinking it could block my computer...Im just curious...the code can be generated to sort it out from that ,,system disabled'' code?

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome.

Yes on most consumer class notebooks we can generate BIOS P/W unlock codes from the system disabled code generated by the notebook.

The only time we can't, is if the code generated is a hexidecimal code (one with letters and numbers).

The plain 8 digit system disabled codes, and the ones with a small letter 'i' in front of the 8 digit code, we can generate unlock passcodes for.

We can also do that for a very limited number of entry level business class notebook PC's that generate the 8 digit codes with or without the 'i,' but for most of the business notebooks, we can't, as they do not generate any codes.