advent 7113 bios password

[dave11674]

can any assist in removal of bios password
i tried the battery which did reset the bios
but seems the passy is stored elsewhere

now it wont boot as the damn thing is asking for passy :S

thanks

dave

[B B Leo]

what about reflashing it m8 !!! just a suggestion

[B B Leo]

http://www.uktsupport.co.uk/advent/laptop/7113.htm
this sight might help u m8

[dave11674]

not sure how i would flash it mate
i think the passy is stored in an eeprom of somekind os spi chip which is totally independant of the bios chip
clever i know
im sure i can bust it if i strip the laptop down but its only come in for a fresh install :S lol

ill check out this other site mate thanks

dave

[dave11674]

nahh leo nothign on that site thanks anyways
dave

[mik25]

if it's only come in for a fresh install..surely you have contact details for the owner who should know his/her own password...why would you be prepared to go to lengths like replacing an spi?

[dave11674]

it was booting up just fine
but not from cdrom first
so thought to make things a little easier n faster id clear the cmos
but made thigns worse now as its gone power on password :S

there is only 1 other eeprom on the board, which is a 93c46, but i believe this is the ethernet bios chip
clearing this eeprom did not wipe the pasword

thanks

dave

[dave11674]

ok i sorted this guys
i took out eh bios chip
read it and used phoenix bios tools on teh dump
teh passy was set to be on on boot up
i just changed the settings to not have it there and saved new bios
programmed to a good old MX flash chip n away it goes

fair enough the password is still there
but its not my laptops and its all grafting again now

thanks for any pointers

dave