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HiI have in front of me a second hand Asus x501u and the ppl my friend bought it off have forgotten the password I am tryi

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October 15, 2014 10:07:08 AM

Factory reset in a Asus x501u not able to access boot options

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October 15, 2014 10:19:20 AM

If the bios has a password you are probably out of luck.
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October 15, 2014 10:23:49 AM

No I cant even get close to the bios let alone be asked for a password I get the Asus start up screen and regardless which of the f keys I push I always end up at the login screen for w8
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October 15, 2014 2:31:25 PM

i think some laptops disable POST when fastboot is enabled.
you need to have several failed boot attempts (3) and I think it will get disabled.

so start boot, hold down the power button, and break the boot attempt and do it 3 times.



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