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Title: Boot-up Problem Post by: bigbobjoylove on Friday, August 13, 2010, 15:08:14 Having some trouble booting up my newer laptop.
Switch the power button on to start a normal boot-up and after about 3 seconds the screen goes black. I then get a request for a password in the top left hand corner of the screen. Any idea how to rectify this? I'm assuming from my limited computer knowledge that this might be a doss thingy but not sure. Title: Re: Boot-up Problem Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, August 13, 2010, 15:31:00 Did you set a BIOS password?
If so, you can just take the CMOS battery out for a couple of minutes, pop it back in and the password will be gone. Title: Re: Boot-up Problem Post by: bigbobjoylove on Friday, August 13, 2010, 16:21:15 I'm not sure. If I did, it wasn't on purpose.
I'll have ago at taking out the battery for a while as suggested. Title: Re: Boot-up Problem Post by: Peter Venkman on Friday, August 13, 2010, 17:56:52 Did you set a BIOS password? If so, you can just take the CMOS battery out for a couple of minutes, pop it back in and the password will be gone. Sounds about right. Title: Re: Boot-up Problem Post by: Samdy Gray on Friday, August 13, 2010, 19:39:07 Although if it's a very new laptop, they have a security chip on the mobo which are a right pain to reset the BIOS.
The manufacturer should have a 'backdoor' way in though and a master password. |