Clearing Password Check And Bios Recovery; Clearing Password Check - Acer TravelMate P243-M Service Manual

Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery

This section provides users with the standard operating procedures of clearing password
and BIOS recovery for the TravelMate P243 Series. The machine provides one Hardware
Open Gap on main board for clearing password check, and one hot key for enabling
BIOS Recovery.

Clearing Password Check

NOTE: NOTE:
The following procedure is only for clearing BIOS Password (Supervisor Password
and User Password).
Steps for Clearing BIOS Password Check
If users set BIOS Password (Supervisor Password and/or User Password) for a security
reason, BIOS will ask the password during systems POST or when systems enter to BIOS
Setup menu. However, once it is necessary to bypass the password check, users need to
clear the password by the following steps:
Power
1. Press button.
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2. Press key before Acer logo disappears
Figure 5-3. Keyboard Key Location
3. Select Boot Option item 'USB HDD' as highlighted in
the BIOS Boot Option menu.
4. Execute ClearPwd.EXE under the DOS mode.
5. When message Clear the SU Pws completely is displayed, supervisor password
has been cleared.
6. Restart the system. Press
7. If there is no Password request, BIOS Password is cleared up.
8. If a password is requested, repeat Steps 1 through 5.
Jumper and Connector Locations
(Figure
F2
to enter BIOS Setup menu.
5-3).
Figure 5-4 and press
0
0
0
Enter
to exit
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