Bios password remove/reset

Solution 1:

You may use the website bios-pw.org for unlocking the BIOS, with the following procedure:

  1. Enter 3 times the wrong code in answer to the prompt
  2. The prompt will change, asking for a password
  3. Press PgUp and then Enter, and a reset key will be displayed
  4. Enter that key in bios-pw.org and receive a code
  5. Enter that code in the BIOS and hit Enter to get into the BIOS
  6. In the BIOS go into the tab that might be named "Security", and click an entry which might be named "Set Supervisor Password".
  7. Hit Enter
  8. It may ask for the old password, so enter the code from step 4
  9. Hit Enter for all prompts for a new password (or enter a password)
  10. Exit the BIOS with saving the changes
  11. Done. At your discretion you may donate to that website.

This should work, but if it doesn't, see the article How To Remove, Clear, Reveal, Unlock or Reset BIOS Security Password for useful utilities: PC CMOS Cleaner, CmosPwd by CGSecurity, !Bios by eleventh alliance and invalidating the CMOS checksum manually while booting from FreeDOS.

Other useful articles are:

  • 6 Ways To Reset or Remove BIOS Password For Acer, Dell, HP, Toshiba, Asus and Apple Laptop
    which is more hardware-oriented.

  • Reset BIOS Password