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alekso550
12th November, 2024, 12:15 PM
Hello all. I messed up big time by forgetting the BIOS password for my laptop. As i'm aware is not possible to get a reset key (like on Dell or Acer). Is there any way to reset the password or reading it from a eeprom dump? I have a CH341A programmer that it think should read it but I don't have the knowledge to analyze the hex data.

dentka15
12th November, 2024, 06:34 PM
Read eeprom with BIOS and share here or ping me on PM. I can help.

alekso550
13th November, 2024, 06:37 PM
Here is the dump (https://pixeldrain.com/u/wVgQmvZc) that hopefully I read correctly. The chip in question is a winbond 25q128jvsq.
TIA.

Edit:

I figured it out! Used the video below as a guide. Thanks dentka15 (https://www.digital-kaos.co.uk/forums/member.php/830501-dentka15) for you initiative.

https://i.ibb.co/7Swr9HJ/image.png
https://i.ibb.co/cxsjdKP/image.png


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhRw7ePhLKs&t=157s

dentka15
22nd November, 2024, 05:53 PM
Good job Alekso, I thought about the same solution.