Saturday, October 9, 2010

BIOS Passwords

BIOS-Setup-Password via Software
BIOS Masterpasswords
Killing the BIOS-Boot Password
Killing the BIOS-Setup Password
Keystrokes to Enter the BIOS-Setup

BIOS-Setup-Password via Software
You can download the free, small program ctbios15.zip from the german Computermagazine c't. Ctbios shows the password and some other interesting things about your BIOS. (great tip!)

BIOS Masterpasswords
Lost your BIOS-Password ? Try one of the following Masterpasswords:

AWARD Masterpasswords
 01322222 bios lkw peter
 1EAAh BIOS lkwpeter
 256256 biostar PASSWORD
 589589 biosstar SER
 589721 CONCAT setup
 ?award CONDO SKY_FOX
 admin condo SWITCHES_SW
 alfarome djonet Sxyz
 aLLy efmukl SZYX
 aPAf g6PJ t0ch88
 award h6BB t0ch20x
 award_? HELGA-S ttptha
 award.sw HEWITT RAND TTPTHA
 AWARD SW HLT TzqF
 AWARD_SW j09F wodj
 AWARD_PW j256 ZAAADA
 award_ps j262 zbaaaca
 AWARD?SW j322 zjaaadc
 awkward j64 zjaaade

AMI Masterpasswords
 ami amiami CMOSPWD
 amidecod AMI.KEY KILLCMOS
 amipswd AMISETUP 589589
 AMIPSWD AMI?SW ami.kez
 AMI AMI!SW ami°
 A.M.I. AMI_SW helgasss
 aammii bios310 HEWITT RAND
 AMI~ BIOSPASS 

Masterpasswords from different Manufacturers
Advance Integration: Advance
Amptron: Polrty
AST: SnuFG5
Biostar: Biostar / Q54arwms
Compaq:compaq
Concord: last
CTX International: CTX_123
CyberMax: Congress
Daytek+Daewoo:Daytec/Daewuu
DELL: DELL
Digital Equipment: komprie
Enox: xo11nE
Epox: central
Freetech: Posterie
HP Vectra Serie: hewlpack
IBM: IBM / MBIUO / sertafu
IBMAptiva: press both mousekeys
Iwill: iwill
Jet Way: spoom1
Joss Techn.: 57gbz6 / Technolgi
MachSpeed: sp99dd
Magic-Pro: prost
Megastar: Star
Micron: sldkj754 / xyzall
Micronics: dn_04rjc
M Technology: mMmM
Nimble: xdfk9874t3
Packard Bell: Bell9
QDI: QDI
Quantex: teX1 / xljlbj
Research: Col2ogro2
Shuttle: Spacve
Siemens Nixdorf: SKY_FOX
Speedeasy: lesarot1
SuperMicro: ksdjfg934t
Tiny: Tiny
TMC: BIGO
Toshiba:24Banc81/Toshiba/toshy99
ToshibaLaptops: press left Shiftkey
Vextrec Technology: Vextrec
Vobis: merlin
WIMBIOS v2.10: Compleri
Zenith: 3098z / Zenith
Zeos: zeosx

Killing the BIOS-Boot Password
If you have forgotten your BIOS Boot-Password, have a look into your mainboard manual, or after opening your PC, onto your mainboard. Many mainboards have a JUMPER or SWITCH to clear the CMOS. This Jumper is often named like: "RTC_CLEAR" , "CLEAR CMOS" , "CLRCMOS" , "CLRCMS". His position is often near by the mainboard battery.
Attention: All hardware settings (harddisk-, bootsequence,-...settings) will be deleted! At least, you have to re-insert them again.
If no Jumper exists, you can try to remove the Battery and wait some time before you insert it back into the Mainboard. (some time means: ~ 1-5 minutes, 24 hours or up to 1 year!). Another way is to "short circuit" the contacts of the replaced Battery, but if there are some Diodes behind the contacts, they could make trouble.

Killing the BIOS-Setup Password
If you can't enter the Setup of your BIOS, you need a DOS-Bootdisk and one of the following MS-DOS Files:
FilenameSourcecode ISourcecode II
DEBUG.EXE - o 70 2E
 - o 71 FF
 - Q
 - o 70 17
 - o 71 17
 - Q
QBASIC.EXE
 - 10 OUT &H70,17
 - 20 OUT &H71,0

 - 10 OUT &H70,&H17
 - 20 OUT &H71,&H17
Start the file an insert the sourcecode line by line.

Keystrokes to Enter the BIOS-Setup
Different keystrokes to enter the BIOS-Setup:
KeystrokesMainboard manufacturer
DelAMI, AWARD
ESCToshiba
F1Toshiba, Phoenix and later models from Late model PS/1 Value Point and 330s
F2NEC, Dell
F10Compaq
InsIBM PS/2s
twice ResetDell
Alt+ReturnDell
Alt+"?"some PS/2-Models
Ctrl+EscGeneral
Ctrl+Inssome PS/2-Models
Ctrl+Alt+EscAST Advantage, Award, Tandon
Ctrl+Alt+"+"General
Ctrl+Alt+SPhoenix
Ctrl+Alt+InsZenith, Phoenix
Ctrl+SPhoenix
Ctrl+Shift+EscTandon 386er
Ctrl+Shift+Alt +Del(num.Keypad)Olivetti PC Pro
SetupdiskCompaq, Epson, IBM, Toshiba, 286er

 

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