bios password

[trydan]

i bought a second hand laptop for my daughter to use for school,i put windows xp on it,
but im trying to get into the bios setup,but it asks for a password even though i have put windows on ,any help of getting into the bios would be welcome,cheers.ps its a hi-grade comp

 

[Methost]

I would guess that you would have to flash the bios and maybe reinstall them if that MB requires that you do that.

 

[catalyst1]

Or try to find the BIOS motherboard battery, remove it for a few minutes, reinsert and boot.

 

[Tommy Boy]

if all that doesn't work, you're screwed. or you could contact whomever you bought it from and see if they know the password.

 

[99nasha]

mabye theres a default password...

 

[Duzz]

what are you trying to get into the bios for? may i ask?
FYI Bios is a totaly different animal then installing XP. Xp is installed on your Hard Drive. The bios is stored on a chip install on your motherboard. So it will always read first. If you have a bad flash your bios is gone and so it will not boot up at all. Im not sure, but i think there is a way to flash the bios when its dead but not for sure. Anyways if you dont realy need to get into there i wouldnt bother.

 

[lurkswithin]

I really have my doubts on this one. It just doesn't sound right.

 

[Wombät]

I really have my doubts on this one. It just doesn't sound right.

A bit fishy you reckon...

 

[lurkswithin]

A bit fishy you reckon...

yeppers! I think someone is in here trolling for a sucker!

 

[Wombät]

yeppers! I think someone is in here trolling for a sucker!

There's normally one in every village...