Advent 7201

[dombooth]

I have an Advent 7201 in at the moment with a BIOS password set, but they don't know what it is, typical eh.

I can't seem to find anything online regarding resetting it, has a TN'er dealt with this one before?

Thanks,
Dom

 

[KovaTech]

Hirens may be able to help you there are some bios tools/PW crackers in the dos section.

Good luck

 

[dombooth]

Hirens may be able to help you there are some bios tools/PW crackers in the dos section.

Good luck

Sadly it's a BIOS password on boot, so I can't boot to anything.

Dom

 

[Martyn]

Have you looked on this site? http://www.askvg.com/how-to-reset-remove-bypass-a-bios-or-cmos-password/

 

[dombooth]

Have you looked on this site? http://www.askvg.com/how-to-reset-remove-bypass-a-bios-or-cmos-password/

I'll try the passwords tomorrow, thanks.

Dom

 

[dombooth]

Nope, none of the passwords I've found work, so looks like it's staying locked.

I can't see the point in removing the CMOS battery as it'll only reset the BIOS, not the password.

Dom

 

[HCHTech]

I can't see the point in removing the CMOS battery as it'll only reset the BIOS, not the password.

Dom

...which....contains the password. It doesn't always work, but don't give up until you've at least tried it.

 

[dombooth]

...which....contains the password. It doesn't always work, but don't give up until you've at least tried it.

I'll give it a go in the morning, every time I've removed the cmos on a laptop it never has cleared a password, but I'll give it a go.

Dom