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‎07-12-2019 05:08 AM - edited ‎07-12-2019 05:12 AM

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Product: HP EliteBook 840 G1 Notebook PC
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

my laptop bios is totally outdated, When I am updating it, it asking bios password , and i don't have bios password.

due to this some errors occurring, like 

"ACPI Error: No handler or method for GPE xx, disabling event "  while booting from bootable usb

 

pls help me to recover bios password or update bios without  bios password

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‎07-12-2019 06:51 AM

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Hi:

Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to help you, since HP will no longer supply the required SMC.bin file that is used to clear the BIOS password.

That is the only way it could be done.

HP issued this document recently...

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06368824

Also the forum rules were amended on 1 March 2019, which no longer allow us to help with providing unlock codes, etc., to clear BIOS passwords. Rule 4.d...

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/hp.rulespage

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‎07-12-2019 06:51 AM

HP Recommended

Hi:

Unfortunately, there is nothing we can do to help you, since HP will no longer supply the required SMC.bin file that is used to clear the BIOS password.

That is the only way it could be done.

HP issued this document recently...

https://support.hp.com/us-en/document/c06368824

Also the forum rules were amended on 1 March 2019, which no longer allow us to help with providing unlock codes, etc., to clear BIOS passwords. Rule 4.d...

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/hp.rulespage

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