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toshiba 30004X password problem

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by andrew.davidson01

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I own a toshiba 3000 X4 laptop ,, it dad a bios password as well as my windows xp user password . I tried to get rid of the bios/ admin password when i switched on the laptop by going into the bios password settings and entering my current password and when prompted entered new password as blank, ijust hit return, i was then asked to confirm the password and again hit return. Now i cannot access my laptop ,"password" comes up on switch on and old password or just enter wont work, i tried the loopback tool and that wont work aso tried the backdoor "passwords" to no avail,,,please help..any suggestions it has phoenix bios release 4

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by statykserver

This might help to erase the bios password

Restart your computer in MS-DOS mode.

When you get to the c:\> or c:\WINDOWS> prompt type DEBUG and press Enter.

A hyphen (-) prompt will appear waiting for you to enter commands.

Enter the following commands, pressing Enter after each one. Note: the o is the letter o and stands for OUTPUT.

o 70 2e

o 71 ff

q

After the q command type exit.
Now restart and see if you enter the bios. It has worked for me before

Hope this helps

by andrew.davidson01

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I cant get into ms-dos,i am completly blocked out of everything
"password " 1st thing that comes up,,then after 3 attempts auto poweroff . i have tried pressing f2, c and f11 and holding down shift on power up. Any more ideas

by statykserver

Since its a laptop its a little more difficult because of a security chip that stores the password unlike being able to remove cmos battery in pcs. Here are some passwords you can try that are for phoenix bios passwords

(try upper and lower case)
phoenix
admin admin
admin

Hope it works or I'm at a loss other than to send it to toshiba. I might try and open it up anyway just to see if there is a battery and give it a shot, before sending it as it can be a little expensive to send and have repaired.

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