Samsung GT9000 BIOS PASSWORD FAULT

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Hi all and thankyou in advance of any posts or replys to my posting.

ive just been given a laptop to repair untill lastnight it just needed a
format , but the owner decided to play around and basicaly put a bios
password in and forget the password.

Whats unusual is that it states setup password .. it boots to a post screen
saying to press f2 to enter setup or f12 to network boot ... on a pc i
wouldnt need to access the setup screen but on this machine it hangs, do i
have to take the bios battery out if it has one ? or is there an easier way
to get this machine to a prompt

thank you


Peter

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"pete" <irlampete@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
news:JnCad.29823$ay5.11142@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Hi all and thankyou in advance of any posts or replys to my posting.
>
> ive just been given a laptop to repair untill lastnight it just needed a
> format , but the owner decided to play around and basicaly put a bios
> password in and forget the password.
>
> Whats unusual is that it states setup password .. it boots to a post
> screen saying to press f2 to enter setup or f12 to network boot ... on a
> pc i wouldnt need to access the setup screen but on this machine it hangs,
> do i have to take the bios battery out if it has one ? or is there an
> easier way to get this machine to a prompt
>
> thank you
>
>
> Peter
>
>

Hi Peter,

As far as I can remember the RTC battery is under the keyboard it plugs into
the main board and is green in colour. I think there is a single screw on
the underneath of the laptop that holds the keyboard in, then you will need
to release the black catches at the bottom of the keyboard.

Cheers,

Lee.