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‎12-11-2013 02:01 PM

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 Hi 

 I am working on a Compaq Presario 2188CL notebook for a friend who had someone else work on it first. Long story short it now has a password lock on the BIOS setup and no one will claim it..... I would rather not tear it apart to kill the power to the chip. Anyone know a backdoor for this?

TIA


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‎12-12-2013 02:19 AM - edited ‎12-12-2013 02:28 AM

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Create a HiRens BootCD on USB. Boot from it and use the BIOS password utility to blank or change the BIOS password. Removing the RTC battery won't clear the password. Those days are gone.

 

How to create the usb HiRensBootCD

 

 

How to crack the BIOS password using HiRens BootCD on usb

You are doing this on your own..Do not blame me if it does not work for you.

 


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