I bought an open box Hp computer from circuit city before they went bankrupt, and I didn't know that the bios had been password protected. Now I need to access it, does anyone know if they used a standard password for all of their stuff, and what it might be?
johnir
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Salem
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johnir
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Very Helpful
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johnir
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Thanx Salem! I'm looking at what you sent now, it will take a while. I'll let you know how this comes out.
johnir
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Hi Salem. I ran across something interesting as I looked into this further. This link is to a program that resets bios passwords among ohter things. I thought you might find it kinda neat, and it's free. Sadly, it is for 32 bit machines, and mine is a 64. Maybe it will help someone else.
http://www.technibble.com/how-to-bypass-or-remove-a-bios-password/
johnir
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Okay, LOL! I found this on the HP site.
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01357135&tmp_task=prodinfoCategory&lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3740336#N1656
Complete instuctions to reset using the jumper. I am about to perform this simple task, and thanks again for the help, Salem.
Salem
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Nice, please click the solved link
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qlcooper
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if that didn't work than message me
johnir
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if that didn't work than message me
It worked like a breeze. The password is reset, and I didn't have to take out the CMOS battery and mess up any of the settings.
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