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    Acer Bios Lock Out

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by uric, Sep 21, 2004.

  1. uric

    uric Newbie

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    I have an Acer Laptop with Windows 98. I think it's a PentiumII Processor. My Son have put a password on the BIOS and doesn't remember it. How can I clear this?
     
    uric, Sep 21, 2004
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  2. Venombite

    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    Normally, pulling the internal battery (not the one on the outside) & the one outside for approx 10mins and then reconnect. This should normally do it, but there are also units that have jumpers to clear the BIOS. Other's you need a special adapter (Toshiba) to get rid of it. Since this is an older unit, it may be one of the first couple suggestions.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Sep 21, 2004
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    Mike K Newbie

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    BIOS chips are usually EEPROM chips i.e. info is stored without the need for a battery. Apparently, acer.tw have an engineer's utility which will get past the password - I believe you need to look for the NAPP utility - this will also restore the hidden partition for the system restore - I'm told. Good Luck.
     
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