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  1. April 17th, 2001, 01:38 PM #1
    aabatteries
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    Unhappy Awhh wow man! Password in my Bios!

    Hello there good people! Anybody know of any backdoor passwords that work for award bios??? The guy who made my computer put one on for some bizarre reason and now I can't get in! Thanks for the help!\

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  2. April 17th, 2001, 01:52 PM #2
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    I beleve there are jumpers on the motherboard that would clear the password. What kind of board are you using?
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  3. April 17th, 2001, 02:49 PM #3
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    Originally posted by aabatteries:
    Anybody know of any backdoor passwords that work for award bios???
    For AWARD BIOS dated before 1997 year universal password is AWARD_SW (with shift key pressed!).
    If Your PC able to boot from any device, download and run "killCMOS" or similar util.
    Another way - AWARD work around password calculator, what I have in my collection. I can send You that util,let me know.
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  4. April 17th, 2001, 02:59 PM #4
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    You can get cmospwd that will retrieve your pwd without hurting the bios chip!


    CMOSPWD
    System Specs

    486DX2
    16MB RAM
    16 MB RAM
    1MB vid RAM
    Windows 3.1
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  5. April 17th, 2001, 11:28 PM #5
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    I like to thank all of you for the help! I'll try some of it tonight........hmmm like 5 in the morning!! Peace to all and thank you again!

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  6. April 18th, 2001, 01:35 AM #6
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    You can always remove the battery. Then you are going to have to set your bios again if they are not the standard factory settings. That is the quick and lazy mans's way
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  7. March 18th, 2004, 04:31 PM #7
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    Quote Originally Posted by aabatteries
    Hello there good people! Anybody know of any backdoor passwords that work for award bios??? The guy who made my computer put one on for some bizarre reason and now I can't get in! Thanks for the help!\

    -aa
    did fou fix it man?
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  8. March 18th, 2004, 04:33 PM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by freddy
    did fou fix it man?

    freddy, freddy, freddy.....
    Follow this link to chat for a quicker answer!

    NooNoo, grover, Matridom, cc_penguin, Octavian, crazyman, Major Kong, and Mayet onboard.....And now starring Ya_know!
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  9. March 18th, 2004, 04:38 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocPC
    freddy, freddy, freddy.....

    keep lookin , just found a 1999 one ,,,,,
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  10. March 18th, 2004, 04:40 PM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by freddy
    keep lookin , just found a 1999 one ,,,,,
    Yah, seen it........
    Follow this link to chat for a quicker answer!

    NooNoo, grover, Matridom, cc_penguin, Octavian, crazyman, Major Kong, and Mayet onboard.....And now starring Ya_know!
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  11. March 18th, 2004, 04:46 PM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by DocPC
    Yah, seen it........
    ok , i,ve padded to 1900 m,,,,give up for the night.



    ps keep lookin
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  12. August 15th, 2004, 02:16 AM #12
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    Unhappy CMOS Password Problem


    Anyone no how to get in a BIOS on a HP Vectra VL with a KZM-6120 motherboard that has a password that CANT be cleared ? It has NO JUMPER pin. I tried the battery, that didn't work eather.
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  13. August 15th, 2004, 02:21 AM #13
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    Red face

    Tried the BATTERY thing. Doesn't always work on ALL computers.

    Quote Originally Posted by Longhair
    You can always remove the battery. Then you are going to have to set your bios again if they are not the standard factory settings. That is the quick and lazy mans's way
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  14. August 15th, 2004, 07:16 AM #14
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    Welcome to windrivers Mr-Dot-Com. There is a row of switches on the board. Moving switch #4 to "on" will clear the password.
    Probability factor of one to one...we have normality, I repeat we have normality. Anything you still can't cope with is therefore your own problem.
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  15. August 15th, 2004, 11:51 AM #15
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    That OEM motherboard ( KZM-6120 ) is made by FIC and used in many of HP Vectra-series PCs... You can have the complete manual for your board:
    http://h200002.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/s...2/lpv06682.pdf
    Page 25 has full description of that DIL switch...
    As far as I remember, BIOS in Vectra series is accessible by pressing F2 during boot...
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