Its like 'wildcard' software some written to run from windows, some from DOS and some from Linux or a Linux boot cd.It has a 50-50 success rate however it can also 'blow up' the BIOS chip or the cmos and effectively make it so you still have to replace chip/board. Although replacing the BIOS or the eprom or eeprom erom or whatever is the surest way to get past the password, along with replacing the whole board, there is software that you can try. (and as long as youre breaking my balls ill keep going so you can make sure i dont have it wrong) Ive read in a few places that a device called a flasher exist, but they are expensive and very software-complicated so you need advanced training/experience/practice to use. Usually you have to replace the BIOS chip, send it in the the manufactuer, or replace the MB. That chip is the reason why BIOS passwords are so hard to get rid of. Isnt that the name of the device that hooks up to the chip directly to reflash the chip.i have the name wrong cause i dont know what the letters stand for, but its the integrated (or as ive understood sometimes seperate) chip, that works with/within the BIOS where the cmos/bios password is saved. And I dont have a photobucket acct so I cant even upload a pic to show you what the issue is.ugh He plans on picking it up three to four hours from now (had it since yesterday evening) and if I can get started on the format (easy XP) with updates/drivers/av program and basic system settings I can just barely squeeze it out by then so that is why I said please hurry if possible. I will not be able to charge him, have done all the work for free, and probably make him thin i am a dumbass cause his tech level is like a minus 2 so he isnt going to understand what the issue is. Now, I cant even do the format cause I can not get it to boot. Hours and hours of work, as I am trying to make this first time customer happy. and dissasembled his unit down to board, cleaned/reshimmed heatsink and CPU and replaced all the missing screws.
This is a customer machine, I did a ton of work for this guy already at a really fair price, aside from the format which I planned on doing last I tested his bayyery, cord, RAM.took out his HDD scanned and fixed it sold him a DVD drive (with a faceplate even!) that I happend to have in stock.
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