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BIOS password

Ok so I picked up a Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop from a friend. The thing is when you power on the laptop it directly asks for a password. I tried backdoor passwords and thought I could just pull the battery but it is soldered on the mobo. Any one know a way to crack a bios pass. It doesn’t have a floppy drive just dvd-rom. Thanks for any help

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On some motherboards, the battery is soldered to the motherboard, making it difficult to remove. If this is the case, you have another alternative. Somewhere on the motherboard you should find a jumper that will clear the BIOS password. If you have the motherboard documentation, you will know where that jumper is. If not, the jumper may be labeled on the motherboard. If you are not fortunate enough for either of these to be the case, you may be able to guess which jumper is the correct jumper. This jumper is usually standing alone near the battery. If you cannot locate this jumper, you might short both of the points where the battery connects to the motherboard.

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Re: BIOS password

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Originally posted by LJR
Ok so I picked up a Toshiba Satellite A105 laptop from a friend.

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Originally posted by fatfecker
are you a thieving pikey scumbag that handles stolen goods?

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I don’t think it’s stolen he bought it off eBay. It set the password after he removed a camera from a usb port and the computer crashed I think it’s a bug in the current bios. If I can ever get into it I was going to reflash the bios with the latest version.

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If it has a parallel port, you can make (or buy) a key to reset the PW. It is basically a crosswired parallel loopback adapter. WOrks for most Toshibas with a parallel port. I used one on my old Tosh and it did fine. Check Ebay, they can be found there for under 20bucks.

If a parallel port is not an option, you can desolder the CMOS battery and let it reset (sometimes shorting the poles of this battery will cause a reset without desoldering, try it first)

Outside of that, you have one REAL option which is to replace the MB.


Good Luck

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Originally posted by Vampire
He says, posting on a movie piracy forum.

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look on h**p://***.csd.toshiba.com

So far no luck with anything it doesn’t have a parallel port. The battery is glued on along with the post soldered on I don’t want to risk anything with that. Looks like his only option is sending it to Toshiba and pay $125 to have them open it up. I can’t believe a stupid password is this hard to get through I could see if it had the fingerprint biometric but just a password who would of thought it was that bullet proof.

reset cmos... i know how to do it on a pc but not laptop... gl

did a little digging and found this:

"Toshiba has a known problem with this model of laptop. It has been known to set its bios password by itself. It is a simple fix, but should be done by a proffesional. There is no charge for this repair at a toshiba repair center.
If you want, this is what needs to be done. Remove the piece of plastic above the keyboard. Unscrew the 2 screws in the keyboard and lift the keyboard up( No reason to disconnect it ) Unscrew and remove the modem card in the center. There is 2 solder points c88 on the system board. You need to short those 2 points out while you press the power button on. This will reset the bios password. This should take someone about 5 minutes to do. "

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remove power from the MB for more than 30 seconds it resets everything

PC = EASY
LAPTOP = NOT AS EASY

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