http://forums.afterdawn.com/thread_view.cfm/78961 I have got a second hand computer (built-in) from friend of mine,,,,,he does know what is the BOIS's password , even he does not know what is a BOIS. I tried to reset password by removing the battery for more than one times and for about 30 minutes (I think this is an enough time), and it did not reset the password Then I tried Award BIOS’ backdoor passwords from the below link http://www.pwcrack.com/bios.shtml Then I followed the instructions in the link below : http://www.ehow.com/how_5268844_reset-phoenix-bios-password.html But still I can not access CMOS utility
What is the make and model of the motherboard? That's a far more useful place to start than the BIOS information. Did you try booting up and holding down the <insert> key on the keyboard? Sometimes this also works to reset the BIOS to defaults. Ant BTW, a 5 year old thread about a Sony laptop is not really relevant.
zillah, hopefully the powercord was disconnected from computer or powerbar as some computers still have 5volts going thru it even after windows shuts down the computer. if have an optical mouse then see if it's light is still on when windows shuts down.
The password is removed , but I do not know now which one solve the, removing the battery for 16 hours and retuning back or holding down the <insert> key on the keyboard, because both of them happened in the same time. Thanks
