Cleaning Bios Passwords - Acer Aspire M3-581T Service Manual

Cleaning BIOS Passwords

When customer forgets the BIOS supervisor/user password, he could clear the password as
below:
1. Prepare a USB flash disk with FAT32 file system and copy Disablepassword.efi file to root
directory.
2. After pressing power button, to hold Ctrl and Alt key and then continually stroke Enter key
until POST LOGO finish.
3. System will display "Press Y or y key to clear BIOS password.".
4. After press Y/y key, BIOS will clear BIOS password and reboot system.
Figure 2-23. Clear BIOS Password
The on screen message indicates the function success.
NOTE:
NOTE:
This document is for Pegatron Acer project in 2012.
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