BIOS Onetime Password *Help Needed*

[p92ks]

So I recently purchased a Vaio P92KS 2.0ghz 256gb SSD from Dynamism - Online shopping for Ultra-mobile Tech and Gadgets. I had it for about 3 days, set up a BIOS password and ran through a bunch of tweaking. Had the computer working perfectly and looking exactly to my liking, even got the boot time down to 19s, when alas I entered my BIOS password incorrectly 3x.

Tip: don't make your BIOS password something like 11313 or 13313 or 11331 because you will eventually enter it wrong.

Now it's on a screen giving me a Key and asking me for a "Onetime password".

I contacted Sony Support in the US and they asked me to fax them a receipt to prove ownership and they'd have the Onetime password to me within 24 business hours. I faxed it over and got a call about 2 hours later explaining that because my specific model was Japan-only, I'd have to contact Sony in Japan for the password. I contacted Sony Japan and they told me that because I didn't purchase the computer directly from Japan that I'd have to go through the importer that I used and they would contact them for the password. I contacted Dynamism and they told me that they could get it for me but it would take up to two weeks.

Does anyone have a quicker solution for me? I looked at Laptop Rebirth and I'm about 99% sure it's bogus, looked at a couple of ebay unlocking services which seem just as fake.

Anyone? Anything?

 

[Tews]

Reset the BIOS by clearing the CMOS...

 

[pebbly]

Reset the BIOS by clearing the CMOS...

as its a laptop you will have to remove the cmos battery

 

[p92ks]

yeah i know that's an option, but i was wondering if there's any sort of a key generator or paid service i can find somewhere online that will be able to give me a Onetime password.

if this isn't possible, can someone direct me towards the correct part to remove? I'm assuming it's the battery attached to the Main Board, but I don't wanna mess something up. below is the vaio p disassembled:

Sony Vaio P disassembly photos - Pocketables Forum

also, removing this battery will only reset the BIOS, correct? nothing else will be affected?

thanks for the prompt responses.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello p92ks, welcome to Seven Forums!



It needs to be said that a static charge from you to the motherboard may / will permanently disable your PC, wash your hands and touch something metal to ground you while you touch the CMOS battery.

 

[p92ks]

forget it then i'm not in that much of a rush to flush $2500 down the drain. unless someone can point me in the direction of a key generator i'll just wait until Sony Japan gets back at me.

thanks for all the help guys, and not just for this problem... i've used about 30 tutorials on this site already to tweak my computer. kickass.

 

[Product FRED]

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.

 

[logicearth]

Laptops store the BIOS password on a separate chip that is not affected by reseting the BIOS or CMOS battery.

 

[p92ks]

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.

i mean i could, but look how densely packed this thing is. yƒŒƒ|[ƒgzVAIO type P‚Ì’†g‚Í‚Ç‚¤‚È‚Á‚Ä‚¢‚é? -’–ڂ̃~ƒjƒm[ƒg‚ð“O’ꕪ‰ð‚·‚éI (2) type P‚́u”–‚³v‚Ɓuƒtƒ@ƒ“ƒŒƒXv‚̔閧 | ƒpƒ\ƒRƒ“ | ƒ}ƒCƒRƒ~ƒWƒƒ[ƒiƒ‹

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.

 

[Product FRED]

Try this. This has a lot of options from software you can run (not an option) to backdoor manufacturer passwords: How to Bypass or Remove a BIOS Password | Technibble

 

[karlsnooks]

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.

i mean i could, but look how densely packed this thing is. yƒŒƒ|[ƒgzVAIO type P‚Ì’†g‚Í‚Ç‚¤‚È‚Á‚Ä‚¢‚é? -’–ڂ̃~ƒjƒm[ƒg‚ð“O’ꕪ‰ð‚·‚éI (2) type P‚́u”–‚³v‚Ɓuƒtƒ@ƒ“ƒŒƒXv‚̔閧 | ƒpƒ\ƒRƒ“ | ƒ}ƒCƒRƒ~ƒWƒƒ[ƒiƒ‹

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

 

[Product FRED]

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.

i mean i could, but look how densely packed this thing is. yƒŒƒ|[ƒgzVAIO type P‚Ì’†g‚Í‚Ç‚¤‚È‚Á‚Ä‚¢‚é? -’–ڂ̃~ƒjƒm[ƒg‚ð“O’ꕪ‰ð‚·‚éI (2) type P‚́u”–‚³v‚Ɓuƒtƒ@ƒ“ƒŒƒXv‚̔閧 | ƒpƒ\ƒRƒ“ | ƒ}ƒCƒRƒ~ƒWƒƒ[ƒiƒ‹

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

I was looking for that. I followed a link and it led me to a fake search page. I guess it was because it's .org not .com.

 

[p92ks]

SOLVED:

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

awesome.

 

[CommonTater]

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.

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello again p92ks.



Good to see you got it sorted; thanks for the update.

 

[Harry500]

Sony VAIO OneTime Password

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/2009/02/18/typepinterview/images/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