Removing Bios Password

navi · Post by **navi** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 7:31 pm

I recently accuired an old computer (Sony Vaio 266 Mhz) and anyways it came with a Bios Password, i've heard taht if you remove the Cmos Battery from the motherboard that it will remove it, but i'm not sure, any pointers?

FETUS · Post by **FETUS** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 8:37 pm

1:take out battery
2:wait five minutes
3:put it back in

taaadaaaa

navi · Post by **navi** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:12 pm

thanks a bucnh

Neopunk · Post by **Neopunk** » Tue Mar 16, 2004 11:20 pm

FETUS, I am going to praise you from this day forward

ninja · Post by **ninja** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 12:31 am

Why completely remove the battery? there should be a jumper nearby to reset the cmos, and if not, check on the mobo, there should be a jumper labeled as PWD or something of the like, if you remove that, then move it over 1 (like you would for the cmos jumper) it should remove the password.

btm4k · Post by **btm4k** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:06 am

...because removing the battery is the easiest, universal, foolproof method.

klone_DFA · Post by **klone_DFA** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:31 pm

Awww, come on guys!

Open the case, look for the battery, take it out, wait five minutes? Sounds like in that ammount of time one could find BIOS backdoor passwords and be done with it!

FETUS · Post by **FETUS** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 1:39 pm

Awww, come on guys!

Open the case, look for the battery, take it out, wait five minutes? Sounds like in that ammount of time one could find BIOS backdoor passwords and be done with it!

usualy just pop it out and in but I had one time it needed to stay out for a bit

navi · Post by **navi** » Wed Mar 17, 2004 7:19 pm

btm4k wrote:...because removing the battery is the easiest, universal, foolproof method.

took the words right out of my mouth