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12-29-2019 02:39 AM
Product: HP EliteBook 8740w
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 7 (64-bit)
Password reset in BIOS
Hi, I forgot the password for the BIOS laptop HP. Download from a flash drive is not possible, the service center refuses to take up this work. Tell me, please, what can be done. Thanks!
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12-29-2019 04:34 AM
That will likely require a system board replacement.
The HP forum rules were amended on 1 March 2019. Unfortunately, we are longer allowed to help with removing passwords.
See Rule 4.d. in the document at the following link
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