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How to know the BIOS Password

13 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/how-to-know-the-bios-password.49445/

saipradeepg
saipradeepg Original post #1
Feb 14, 2007 at 10:50 AM
Dear Friends,
I would like to know the BIOS password as i need to enter and change some settings but i dont want to reset the Jumper settings/CMOS Battery as the cabinet is locked!The PC is HP compaq series and the OS i'm using is WinXp
Thanks,
Pradeep.
Kniwor
Kniwor #2
Feb 14, 2007 at 10:55 AM
IMAO....you cant "crack" the BIOS password, sorry pal, you will need to open the cabby.
amitava82
Feb 14, 2007 at 11:02 AM
or call hp guys, they will do for you if its under warrenty n u r afraid of voiding warrenty..
apoorv.sharma
Feb 14, 2007 at 12:03 PM
hehe...bad for you mister but there is NO other way by which u can crack the password, apart from openin up the cabinet itself ! :)
thts the ENTIRE idea of a BIOS password in the first place ! :p
Jaas
Jaas #5
Feb 14, 2007 at 12:07 PM
hi friends can u help me
sometimes my pc restarts automatically even i'm working on it
wat's the fault???
Vishal Gupta
Feb 14, 2007 at 1:09 PM
Once I posted a method to reset BIOS Settings to default using registers:

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showpost.php?p=188679&postcount=8

May be it'll also work for u.

Also following site can help u:

*www.elfqrin.com/docs/biospw.html
saipradeepg
Feb 14, 2007 at 3:39 PM
I checked that out...Its not resetting the password...Its invain
Ron
Ron #8
Feb 14, 2007 at 4:18 PM
hey buddy i am not sure but i think bios reseter will work...............
eagle_y2j
Feb 14, 2007 at 4:49 PM
Call HP guys they know master password
Vishal Gupta
Feb 14, 2007 at 10:54 PM
@saipradeepg
The post which I mentioned, contains the code to reset BIOS to default settings and it'll also reset the password.
Kiran.dks
Kiran.dks #11
Feb 14, 2007 at 11:08 PM
Opening the cabinet and removing the BIOS battery is the best option to reset the password. In your case, if you don't wanna do that, then u may try back door BIOS passwords. All standard Players use that. Compaq was using "Compaq" as backdoor BIOS password. I am not sure about HP Compaq. Give a try. But give it only once, else you may end up blocking the BIOS.
saikibryan
Feb 15, 2007 at 1:20 AM
isn't there ne keyhole surgery for that?