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I have a Gateway Solo 2550 laptop that I purchased second hand. I went ahead and formatted the hard drive so that I could do a fresh Windows install. The problem is that when I hit F2 when the computer is rebooting to enter Setup it asks me for a password that I don't know and can't get. Is there anyway to clear the old password without knowing it so that I can get into CMOS to make changes?
Try typing "bios password" in google and you will get lots of links.
Thanks for the quick reply. Nix, How do I get that little 0 symbol on my keyboard? I don't see a key with that symbol.
I believe that little o is the letter o (not zero) ;)
I believe that the symbol is the one for degree. Like the temperature is 72 degrees outside. I know there is a keyboard combination that lets you make a degree symbol but I don't know what that is. Anybody know? Look at the link that Nix posted.
Hmm, I don't see that anywhere. Are you refering to this:
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o 70 2e
Ok I just went into my BIOS and set a system password.
Tested to make sure it was working it was. :)
Started up the Win98SE DOS prompt and type as follows:
:eek:Code:debug
o 70 2e
o 71 ff
q
pressing enter after each line and the o is the letter between i and p on your keyboard.
Pressed Ctrl+Alt+Delete to reboot.
The moment of truth. :confused:
Decided to just boot rather than going straight to BIOS.
Black screen displaying:(Quote:
CMOS settings wrong.
Press F1 to Run Setup
Pressed F1 :rolleyes:
Took me into BIOS :)
Some settings had reverted to defaults :eek: but...
The password was gone. :D
Reset reverted settings and exited. ;)
So have fun Ginky4
Thanks Nix for sticking your neck out and giving it a try. Now that I know that it works I will do the same and post back.
Nix, I followed the instructions on your link you posted and it worked perfect. Thats unbelievable! I reset the Bios Password back to none and I am now back in business. I do have one other problem that I need to find a work around for so I will post that on the board as a separate topic. Thanks again. Good Work!
That's ok.
Worst case scenario, i would have been posting back here for help, had it of stuffed up my BIOS or something - LOL :confused:
Anyway glad it worked and thanks for posting back.
Hey ginky4 out of curiousity did you get the CMOS Settings Wrong error message ?
I didn't see that when I did it. I followed the instructions and then saved the changes and it cleared the password for me. I actually set all the Bios settings back to the original factory settings. That is one neat trick.
Ok.