Removing Bios Passwords - Acer AOD270 Service Manual

Removing BIOS Passwords

The BIOS password can only be removed by software utility.
If wrong supervisor password is entered three times, the message System will halt!
is displayed on screen.
Figure 2-17. Supervisor Password Error
If user is unable to obtain correct password then it must be removed. There are two
methods to do this.
Method 1:
If BIOS menu item Power on Password is set to Enabled, the Crisis utility must be
used.
Method 2:
If BIOS menu item Power on Password is set to Disabled.
1. Boot to DOS and execute unlockPw.exe
Figure 2-18. Clear Supervisor Password Utility
2. When message Clear the SU Pws completely is displayed, the supervisor
password has been removed.
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