BIOS passwords are the basic settings on your computer, such as how many and what kinds of disk drives ou have, which ones are enabled and which are disabled and which ones are used for booting. These settings are held in a CMOS chip on the mother board. A tiny battery keeps this chip always running so that whenever you turn your computer off, it still remembers its instructions.
A common method of entering the BIOS is pressing the Del key at boot up. Other common methods are pressing the keys Ctrl + Alt + Esc or only Ctrol + Esc. Most computers have a BIOS which can be configured to ask for a password as soon as the computer is switched on. If the Ask Password option is enabled, then as soon as the PC is switched on, a dialog box welcomes you and asks you for the password. You cannot override this and there is no way of disabling this because to enter the BIOS you need to know the BIOS Password.So, what do you do? Disable it by hacking into the BIOS Setup. But there's a catch. To disable the BIOS password, you need to enter the BIOS. But as soon as you enter the BIOS, the BIOS asks for a password. The most common method of overriding this password prompt is by trying out some default BIOS passwords are:
(Note: Complete list of BIOS passwords)
'j262' opens most versions of Award BIOS; it works about 80 percent of the time, 'AWARD_SW' and 'AWARD_PW' work on some computers as well, but less often. In some BIOS, shift + s y x z also works.
The Company name and version of the BIOS is displayed on the screen each time the system boots.
If the default passwords did not work, then get ready for some serious hacking. Try to reset the BIOS to its default settings so that it asks for no password at all. Do the following:
First, you have to open the computer and then look for a round lithium battery, it probably looks like a silver coin. So, remove the battery and after 30 seconds or so put it back. Some computers may also require you to reset the jumper, so look for a 3-pin jumper and reset it. For example, on most machines you will find a three-pins two and three and leave it there for over five seconds, it will reset the CMOS.
When you boot the machine, some BIOS may give an error saying that the BIOS was reset or tampered with, but that is not such a big problem.
Messing with the CMOS chip and the jumper is more dangerous than editing system files.
So, do everything with utmost caution.
A common method of entering the BIOS is pressing the Del key at boot up. Other common methods are pressing the keys Ctrl + Alt + Esc or only Ctrol + Esc. Most computers have a BIOS which can be configured to ask for a password as soon as the computer is switched on. If the Ask Password option is enabled, then as soon as the PC is switched on, a dialog box welcomes you and asks you for the password. You cannot override this and there is no way of disabling this because to enter the BIOS you need to know the BIOS Password.So, what do you do? Disable it by hacking into the BIOS Setup. But there's a catch. To disable the BIOS password, you need to enter the BIOS. But as soon as you enter the BIOS, the BIOS asks for a password. The most common method of overriding this password prompt is by trying out some default BIOS passwords are:
| lkwpeter | AMI | cmos |
| j262 | Award | AMI!SW1 |
| AWARD_SW | bios | AMI?SW1 |
| AWARD_PW | BIOS | password |
| Biostar | setup | hewittrand |
(Note: Complete list of BIOS passwords)
'j262' opens most versions of Award BIOS; it works about 80 percent of the time, 'AWARD_SW' and 'AWARD_PW' work on some computers as well, but less often. In some BIOS, shift + s y x z also works.
The Company name and version of the BIOS is displayed on the screen each time the system boots.
If the default passwords did not work, then get ready for some serious hacking. Try to reset the BIOS to its default settings so that it asks for no password at all. Do the following:
First, you have to open the computer and then look for a round lithium battery, it probably looks like a silver coin. So, remove the battery and after 30 seconds or so put it back. Some computers may also require you to reset the jumper, so look for a 3-pin jumper and reset it. For example, on most machines you will find a three-pins two and three and leave it there for over five seconds, it will reset the CMOS.
When you boot the machine, some BIOS may give an error saying that the BIOS was reset or tampered with, but that is not such a big problem.
Messing with the CMOS chip and the jumper is more dangerous than editing system files.
So, do everything with utmost caution.
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