BIOS Onetime Password *Help Needed*

p92ks said:

Product FRED said:

Just remove the CMOS battery for a minute and put it back in. It only takes a minute and has virtually no risks as long as your hands are dry.

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if it was a normal laptop that i hadn't just bought a couple of days ago i'd probably go for it. plus i got this warranty that'll get voided if i open it.

All is not lost. Check out the Password Recovery section of this site:
CGSecurity

SOLVED:

Restarted the computer and it somehow offered me to enter the regular BIOS password again, entered 11313 and i was in!

awesome.

p92ks said:

alas I entered my BIOS password incorrectly 3x.

Don't know if this works on all models or not...

Try entering \ just a simple backslash for the password. On some older laptops this would reset the admin password giving you BIOS access...

EDIT... I see after posting this, you got it... excellent.

In future... don't be putting passwords into a system until it's stable and trusted.

Hello,

I had the same problem with my Sony VAIO VGN-P29VN. I haven't used it for a long time and then forgot the password (which I set by myself!). So I disassembled the whole thing and removed the battery for some hours. The battery is indeed that black thing connected with two cables (black and red) as seen on this picture:

http://j.mycom.jp/articles/2009/02/1...mages/020l.jpg

But, as logicearth already said, this procedure did not reset the password. After I reconnected the battery and assempled the VAIO again, the password was still set.

I bought this thing used so I don't think that there would be any support by manufacturer any longer. Has anybody an idea what to do? If a wrong password is entered three times there is asked for an "OneTime Password" and some kind of key is diplayed (in a format like this: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx). Is there ANYWHERE a key generator available which could generate this required password? If it is entered correctly, the BIOS password would be reset.

Thanks for any answer.

Greetings from Germany