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‎12-16-2020 06:50 AM

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Product: Example: elitebook 9470m
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

Hello, can somebody help me with my Elitebook 9470m 

. I don t remember my bios password, is there any chance to restore it without changing any chip ? 
Thank you ! 

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‎12-16-2020 09:03 AM

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@Ionuthim 

The answer is basically NO.

 

Also, the chip is soldered to the motherboard, not socketed, so changing it is not a simple mater of swapping chips.



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‎12-16-2020 09:03 AM

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@Ionuthim 

The answer is basically NO.

 

Also, the chip is soldered to the motherboard, not socketed, so changing it is not a simple mater of swapping chips.



I am a volunteer and I do not work for, nor represent, HP
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‎12-16-2020 05:33 PM

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Hello, 

 

Thank you for your reply, I found a program which basically do factory reset for bios. 

 

Have a nice day  ! 

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‎12-16-2020 08:15 PM

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Hi, I'm interested in this program. Could you please mention its name and where you got it? Many thx!

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‎12-18-2020 11:33 AM

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Hello, the program is called pc cmos cleaner, but, my laptop has the password saved into EEPROM so, it didn't work after I installed it .

 

Have a nice day ! 

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