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DEFAULT BIOS PASSWORDS

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perk_bud Original post #1
Mar 13, 2005 at 9:49 PM
Lost my password Wanted 2 know where i can find default BIOS passwords so that i dont have 2 remove the CMOS battery. I need it 4 AWARD BIOS latest. :roll:
Krazy_About_Technology
Mar 14, 2005 at 12:27 AM
Dear Friend,
The default BIOS passwords will only work with very old (of the 386s and 486s era) BIOSes. If your motherboard is made after 1998 or so, you are out of luck. however, all mordern motherboard contain password reset jumpers that allow you to reset the password without removing th battery. if you don know a jumper is a 3 pin notch on you motherboard, this one is just near to the battery. Each jumper is SHORTED by a plastic clamp which fits in only two pins of the three. Just remove the clamp and insert it into the other two pins. let it stay there for a while(about 130 secs.) and then replace it on previous pins. Restart the computer. One warning:, like battery removal, jumper shorting also sets all your BIOS settings to default so you willl have to reconfigure your BIOS.
lavan_joy
Mar 14, 2005 at 12:30 AM
Default password?U r too late dude.

No option avail like that for the new motherboards.
hafees
hafees #4
Mar 14, 2005 at 1:16 AM
There may not be a default password if u're using a new m/b. But even then u can access some bios password hacker pgms. But to do this u should be in windows or dos. Hope u gave the password only for bios settings. Does it boot to windows?? then u can try this link to download a award bios password hacker. and pls let me know whether it worked or not.

*www.softpedia.com/get/Security/Decrypting-Decoding/UnAward.shtml
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Mar 14, 2005 at 1:52 PM
Thanx a lot hafees,lavan_joy, & Krazy_About_Technology --frankly i dint know that the default password's were thing of the past so tried the password
cracker and it worked thank u 1nce agian :D
hafees
hafees #6
Mar 15, 2005 at 12:29 AM
:) u 're welcome !!! on the next day i may need ur help :)
Dipen01
Dipen01 #7
Mar 16, 2005 at 10:05 AM
Krazy_About_Technology said:
Dear Friend,
The default BIOS passwords will only work with very old (of the 386s and 486s era) BIOSes. If your motherboard is made after 1998 or so, you are out of luck. however, all mordern motherboard contain password reset jumpers that allow you to reset the password without removing th battery. if you don know a jumper is a 3 pin notch on you motherboard, this one is just near to the battery. Each jumper is SHORTED by a plastic clamp which fits in only two pins of the three. Just remove the clamp and insert it into the other two pins. let it stay there for a while(about 130 secs.) and then replace it on previous pins. Restart the computer. One warning:, like battery removal, jumper shorting also sets all your BIOS settings to default so you willl have to reconfigure your BIOS.

hey man...

yaar i didint get u properly...i mean i tried it on my PC still cant find that jumper ..plastic clamp and all.. do u have any pictorial representation or any link where they have represented thru pictures it will be gr8...
anyways...

thankx..
Dipen
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Mar 16, 2005 at 10:56 AM
This might come handy for a friend of mine who asked the same sort of a question and I wasn't able 2 answer !

Thanks ppl ...........
hafees
hafees #9
Mar 17, 2005 at 12:22 AM
Can u identify the bios?? then the jumper should be near to it. with a 3 pin block. and the jumper will be inserted on the 2 pins. u need to remove it and place it on the next 2 and should wait for some time.
do u 've ur motherboard manual? then in the diagram it should be clearly given. or u can download the m/b manual from ur manufacuture's site. for more visit
www.bioscentral.com
www.bios.net etc.
or just try it in google
*images.google.com/images?hl=en&lr=&q=bios+motherboard&btnG=Search