My mate managed to obtain a brand new one from Currys which was very cheap as an ex display model. He got it home and now its asking for a Password as soon as its turned on. Currys claim its nowt to do with them......They havent a clue....
Ive tried the usual battery trick and nothings changed. New Hard Drive as well and nothings happening.
It appears the pwd request is like DELL which is hard-wired into the processor. Is there anything I can do to by pass this daft password as I cant even access the BIOS?
I was thinking I could reflash or short the BIOS chip onboard, but the board looks pretty cheap. Onboard RAM (non-upgradeable) etc....
Anyone any ideas?
Thanks Lads...............
PS...Any default passwords?
Heres whats happening when I turn it on............
BTW....Odd thing this.............
Whilst removing the Battery (CMOS) I noticed the Hard Disk has 304194 wrote on it in black marker. This is not the Pasword BTW......Wonder what thats about?
Ive tried the usual battery trick and nothings changed. New Hard Drive as well and nothings happening.
It appears the pwd request is like DELL which is hard-wired into the processor. Is there anything I can do to by pass this daft password as I cant even access the BIOS?
I was thinking I could reflash or short the BIOS chip onboard, but the board looks pretty cheap. Onboard RAM (non-upgradeable) etc....
Anyone any ideas?
Thanks Lads...............
PS...Any default passwords?
Heres whats happening when I turn it on............
BTW....Odd thing this.............
Whilst removing the Battery (CMOS) I noticed the Hard Disk has 304194 wrote on it in black marker. This is not the Pasword BTW......Wonder what thats about?
Comment