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BIOS Passwords
| 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 | 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 |
| AMI~ | BIOSPASS | |
| Masterpasswords from different Manufacturers |
| Advance Integration: Advance |
| Amptron: Polrty |
| AST: SnuFG5 |
| Biostar: Biostar / Q54arwms |
| Compaq:compaq |
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| 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
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:
| Filename | Sourcecode I | Sourcecode 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 |
Keystrokes to Enter the BIOS-Setup
Different keystrokes to enter the BIOS-Setup:
| Keystrokes | Mainboard manufacturer |
| | AMI, AWARD |
| ESC | Toshiba |
| F1 | Toshiba, |
| F2 | NEC, Dell |
| F10 | Compaq |
| Ins | IBM PS/2s |
| twice Reset | Dell |
| Alt+Return | Dell |
| Alt+"?" | some PS/2-Models |
| Ctrl+Esc | General |
| Ctrl+Ins | some PS/2-Models |
| Ctrl+Alt+Esc | AST Advantage, Award, Tandon |
| Ctrl+Alt+"+" | General |
| Ctrl+Alt+S | |
| Ctrl+Alt+Ins | Zenith, |
| Ctrl+S | |
| Ctrl+Shift+Esc | Tandon 386er |
| Ctrl+Shift+Alt + | Olivetti PC Pro |
| Setupdisk | Compaq, Epson, IBM, Toshiba, 286er |