BIOS password

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All:

I have an Omnibook XE3 that my kid put a BIOS password on. Anybody know have
to fix?

TIA...

-Mike

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"BigJim" <woody10277@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> your best bet is to ask the kid bios passwords are a tough nut to crack.
> I am not sure if HP has a master.
> "News" <jmcuciti@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:117vsa5jtrcdm7b@corp.supernews.com...
> > All:
> >
> > I have an Omnibook XE3 that my kid put a BIOS password on. Anybody know
> > have
> > to fix?

In a desktop type motherboard, one can pull the mb battery and clear the
cmos.
That usually clears the bios password. Don't know if same thing will work
on laptops.

charles......

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Pulling the CMOS battery AND the system battery works for me.

Barry Watzman wrote:

> It will not work on the vast majority of laptops (in fact, I'd almost go
> so far as to say it won't work on any laptops made in the past 8 years).
>
>
> ***** charles wrote:
>
>> "BigJim" <woody10277@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:n-SdnZYoM9rwvR3fRVn-3A@comcast.com...
>>
>>> your best bet is to ask the kid bios passwords are a tough nut to crack.
>>> I am not sure if HP has a master.
>>> "News" <jmcuciti@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>> news:117vsa5jtrcdm7b@corp.supernews.com...
>>>
>>>> All:
>>>>
>>>> I have an Omnibook XE3 that my kid put a BIOS password on. Anybody know
>>>> have
>>>> to fix?
>>
>>
>>
>> In a desktop type motherboard, one can pull the mb battery and clear the
>> cmos.
>> That usually clears the bios password. Don't know if same thing will
>> work
>> on laptops.
>>
>> charles......
>>
>>
>>
>>