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Originally posted by ipab
honestly matty these days the CMOS battery is generally located such a way that it is easily replacable... Just pop open the panel where you can replace ram and check there, if not check where the wifi card is located... Just make sure to pull the power cable out, the battery out and once you have done both hit the power switch on the laptop before you go excavating in your laptop.
problem is, that probably won't work on laptops...
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Originally posted by http://www.pwcrack.com/bios.shtml
Most laptop manufacturers have provided additional safeguards for their computers. We are not aware of any simple BIOS recovery program that works on laptops, nor are we aware of any simple backdoor passwords for these machines. BIOS passwords in most laptops are stored in a special chip on the motherboard and the only way to bypass this password is to replace this laptop security chip. Laptop BIOS passwords cannot be bypassed or reset by removing or shorting the CMOS battery. Further, doing this may cause other system errors and complicate the recovery or your system.
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