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    <title><![CDATA[Discussion on DIY: How to reset a BIOS password ]]></title>
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        <title><![CDATA[fixing computers with bios and pw blocks from former corprate owners]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Its nice dealing with a tech  who actually cares about people, and isn???t a walking encyclopedia???alos I hate dealing with IT people who don???t care, ones that don???t realize that years ago REAL PEOPLE with actual TALENT used to fix things, and help people,  and had a concern for the environment, actually knew how to fix a relay in a ford f-150, and had some physics knowledge. And wasn???t a smarmy chirrazz drinking overpaid software thief with a two year degree in computer science who thought he was the **** because he had a mac that cost 5000 dollars when I was bulding computers when he wasn???t born yet, and helping people learn for FREE&gt;&gt;&gt;He or she would hate the retrace, be helpful to do ???it- youyrselfers,  and hate the power of corporations to dump garbage on the public, people who would  never even consider using  obsolete and un used perfectly good hardware that could benefit some people, just BECAUSE THEY COULD , thus depriving more deserving people who weren't BILLIONAIRES or GUYS WITH TWO YEAR DEGREES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE who cant even change thier own oil but get $45 an hour to give the wrong information. How about respomding with tech info  to people who actually FIX computers and have a way of getting those computers into the hands of deseving people who DONT WORK FOR MINDLESS AND MORAL LESS CORPORATIONS .]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ilovedasun]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:23:07 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[bios password recovery methods]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[This is very old Tip, i have used this tip 20 year ago, what about LapTop how we can reset :LapTop Bios password?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[waheed@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:45:32 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[sigh.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[at first I thought this was spam... just I never thought I would see this as a blog post on TR.oh well, times have changed...]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[.Martin.]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:42:27 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[bios password recovery methods]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Which Computer? Is it a bios/cmos password?  You can get help from these tutorials.How to Reset IBM ThinkPad T30 BIOS Passwordhttp://findpassword.net/how-to-reset-ibm-thinkpad-t30-bios-password/Reset Toshiba Satellite BIOS Passwordhttp://findpassword.net/reset-toshiba-satellite-bios-password/Reset HP / Dell BIOS Passwordhttp://findpassword.net/reset-hp-dell-bios-password/Reset ACER Aspire 3610 BIOS Password ??? Only 8 Stepshttp://findpassword.net/reset-acer-aspire-3610-bios-password-only-8-steps/]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Xnzpcd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 20:15:26 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This may not work for some PCs]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[OEMs used to often offer (and may still) a &quot;Secure BIOS&quot; for their Business PCs, depending on the model.  IBM was an offender, as were Dell, HP, and Compaq. None of the usual tricks will work to clear this password, particularly since you can't flash the BIOS without the password.If Secure Mode is active, the BIOS password is saved to a non-volatile area on the BIOS chip.  IBM used to claim that the only way to fix it was to replace the chip.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:42:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Modern Bios Password SURVIVED the old trick!!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Modern laptop bios will not give up its password by flashing, pulling cmos battery (even if you leave it for a year!!). Why? Because the password is stored in non volatile area. Service center will charge you arm and leg for this simple password removal services. Ac*r for example will charge around $100 for removing lost password. So how to reset the password? Easy actually. Hunt down the elusive service manual and you will find the answer.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[rahimhd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 15:49:36 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yeah, it's different.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Better security for stolen laptops and what. For some, I'll bet flashing the BIOS won't even help.Of course, we don't answer questions like these in the forum. I expect a few peers to say something, presuming they still care.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 13:23:21 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Pull out the CMOS battery]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Used to be that you could just unplug the computer and then remove the CMOS battery. The only way that the CMOS can hold user settings is if there is a constant charge applied. That is what the large battery on a the motherboard is for. It looks like a quarter. After all power sources have been removed from the motherboard the BIOS will no longer hold it's settings and should return to factory defaults.Unless this has changed it is the quick and easy way to reset the password.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Spitfire_Sysop]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:47:22 -0700</pubDate>
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