If it is a Mercury 1300 then remove the case and pop the internal BIOS battery - job done!
If you have the BIOS and Administrator password, there is no need to "break" them.
No, removing the bios battery on a laptop will not reset bios settings.
The best method to reset a BIOS password depends on what BIOS the computer has. Common BIOS's include AMI, Award, IBM and Phoenix. Numerous other BIOS's do exist, but these are the most common. Some BIOS's allow you to require a password be entered before the system will boot. Some BIOS's allow you to require a password to be entered before the BIOS setup may be accessed. The general categories of solutions to reset a BIOS password are: Using a Backdoor BIOS Password Resetting the BIOS Password using Software Resetting the BIOS Password using Hardware Vendor Specific Solutions for resetting the BIOS Password
by removing cmos battery
Either set on under your Windows login - or in the BIOS system. WARNING - if you forget the password set in the BIOS you will have to re-format your whole computer !
Try turning it on via the BIOS. if a password is there find a battery in the laptop and remove it.
how can i break bios password without remove cmos battery
Remove battery for 30 seconds
reset password for dell inspiron 1520 As far as I know , the laptop bios password cannot be erased by battery discharging , which means u had to go to Dell After-Service for help .
Awful question = Stupid answer! What password have you lost - access to your operating system (If so... what operating system are you using?), encrypted volumes, bios password, hard drive password, MBR?
A physical cable lock port (like a Targus cable lock which secures the laptop to a table to prevent theft) is next to the T43's USB ports on the left side. It looks like a vertical slot.To prevent access to the T43 at Boot up, you can set a BIOS password that will require you to enter the password as soon as you power up . To set the password, Hit F1 when you are starting the laptop and change the password from the BIOS menu. Important, unlike a PC, if you forget the T43's BIOS password ... no one can reset or recovery it.If you are using Windows, simply set password protection on the Windows Screensaver.
A Bios password is used to stop someone who does not know the password from making changes to the bios settings such as the boot order, a bios password can also be used as a stronger method than a windows password to keep unauthorized people from getting in to your files and whatever.