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‎10-24-2021 03:12 PM

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Product: Compaq Presario CQ61
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)

The laptop has a bios password and get a message system disable 75039552 is there any way to unlock this as the previous owner does not have the password.

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‎10-24-2021 05:14 PM

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@davem55uk 

Basically -- NO.  The BIOS password is encoded into the firmware resident on a chip on the mainboard.  Since that chip is not socketed, it can not be replaced.  You would have to pay a fortune to get the mainboard replaced -- much more than simply replacing the laptop outright.



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