Bios Password on a travelmate laptop

[Mike3d]

Ok first things first i know what your all gonna ask is it a stolen laptop.

No! i was willing to give the serial number to acer support(to prove ownership / non theft) but.

the guy who was really REALLY helpful but said if i was to send it back to acer the they would charge me a ridiculous amount to reset the password as its not a warranty issue so its best to ask the previous owner (who i have asked) or the retailer (who the previous owner asked) for the password as acer as standard do not put a password on it. - could something i downloaded be a trojan or virus and done this im really doubting this as it wouldnt want me to use the laptop would it.

I said we have asked both the retailer and the previous owner who both have said they did not and would not put a password on it.

i have been told by a reliable source that these laptops can be cracked (im not here to ask for this but pm me if you have any info i dont want it put on a public forum for thieves to see and steal my laptops thank you )

I cant get into windows (blue screen and reboot) so i decided to reinstall it so out comes the installation cd and put it in but the boot order is wrong so it will always boot off the hard disk first.

now then how do i go about changing this - is there

1 a bios emulator - so i can just change the bloody boot order lol

2 a master password if so who do i ask for this.

3 a service manual for a travelmate 2000 (2001xc)

motherboard yuhina3
03245 -2
48.101011 021

so i can at least attempt to fix it myself as its not the cmos battery i have to remove.

i have a bank of 4 switches sw5 and i was told to switch number 3 which i did but this didnt clear it.

Sorry for the long post.

Regards

Mike

[Nix]

Just to clarify:

You are attempting to get into BIOS and it asks for a password or you can't work out how to get into BIOS ?

[Mike3d]

i can get into the bios its here its asking me for a password.

I have been told its held in a eeprom but been told it can be bypassed

if all else fails in gonna have to get me a laptop - ide convertor payday

[jmtjet]

Have you tried pulling the main battery? I had a Gateway once that would boot to a black screen every once in a while. Asked Gateway support what to do-they said to pull the battery for a while then re-install it. It worked.

[Mike3d]

i have pulled both the cmos battery and main battery out with no luck

looks like im going to have to format the disk in my desktop pc but i want my laptop working 100%

[Mike3d]

All fixed

Thanks all

Mike

[Nix]

All fixed

Thanks all

Mike

That's great but are you going to tell us how for future reference or take it to the grave nevr to be revealed.

[jmtjet]

Found the password didn't ya

[Mike3d]

it involved a bios flash with a added extra.

if anyone wants to know how to do this pm me i dont really wanna put it here as it could be reference for thieves. i know a thief could pm me but less chance of the info falling into someones hands.

security is there for a reason

Thanks again all

[mariamr]

All fixed

Thanks all

Mike

Hi Mike, i have the same problem that you had with my laptop. I tried to recibed information from the motherboard from acer but the only answer that i get is to send the laptop.
I already tried to take out both bateries and it did not work.
Could you please send to me how could i resolved that problem?

Thanks!

Mj (sorry for my poor english)

[ahryman]

Hi there.
I have the very same problem. Got a Travelmate 2500, BIOS password is lost. I tried to contact Acer, but they want me to send it in (*#!!!##ers). I dismantled it completeley just to find, that the batteries are soldered in. SW5 is undocumented.
PLEASE tell me how to get rid of the BIOS pw. I tried downgrading it, but I guess there's some kind of BIOS backup somewhere, as that didn't change a thing.
please help
cheeeeeeerz
Ahryman

[joests]

I have the Same problem with my HP Pavilion 5420L notebook. I boot the pc and all i get is the screen assking me for thewe password. I did something to cause this but beats me what it was. so I would appreciate any help with tis problem

[joests]

when i boot my laaptop i am getting a request for a password .anyone know how I can get out of this mess.. I would be apprectate any help you can share with me
Thank you for listning and the help
[email removed]

[joests]

[QUOTE=joests]when i boot my laaptop i am getting a request for a password .anyone know how I can get out of this mess.. I would be apprectate any help you can share with me
Thank you for listning and the help
[email removed][QUOTE] thanks once again
Joe

[104456]

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