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Removing BIOS Password Acer Aspire 4315

Hi;

A child placed a password on the BIOS of an Acer Aspire 4315 laptop and now the OS has become corrupted I cannot change the boot sequence to repair the OS.

I am not able to boot to CD or other media because the boot order is stuck on boot to HDD in the BIOS.

Is there a way to remove the password either by a physical change or otherwise.
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Take a look at this link and see if it can help you...
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd

Hope this helps~!
It sounds like Acer doens't have jumper pins to reset the BIOS password.  Can you try removing the CMOS battery (you'll have to remove the cover on the bottom of the laptop) as well as the regular battery and power for 30 minutes?

Others have tried shorting between two pins beneath the wireless card, but I wouldn't recommend that.

I guess Acer's official support response is "send it back to us and we'll do it for you."  Not terribly helpful.
You can't remove the password, without knowing it !
modern laptops keep it in a security chip - for anti-theft reasons
resetting the bios does not help;  nor does removing the battery, since the password is not in there
you would need to know in what chip it is, and how to reset that
you have to turn it in to the manufacturer, and show proof of ownership - then they can help
or replace the mobo !

for toshiba, i found this :  http://askiris.toshiba.com/ToshibaTCL/search.do;jsessionid=038C409E335EBD93E6F50BD518AB23A5?cmd=displayKC&docType=kc&externalId=http--web1toshibaca-support-TechSupport-TSBs-ALL--TSB000593htm&sliceId=&dialogID=114474125&stateId=1%200%20114472796
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