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| Thread ID: 110860 | 2010-07-04 21:26:00 | Help with flashing Bios | korora (15045) | Press F1 |
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| 1115813 | 2010-07-04 21:26:00 | thanks for looking and please read this through, im in a real dilemma. my laptop is a dell studio one with phoenix bios, this meas that in the bios setup your are able to set both bios and those lethal d hard drive passwords. My younger cousin (who is now back in Australia) has set 2 passwords on both of those (both hard drive and bios) when ever it tires booting from the hard drive it requires a password for the hard drive. I know that this hard drive is completely f'd without the password so I bought another. My fear here is if I try to install windows on the new hard drive with the bios automatically install a new hard drive password? I really need to know this and would appreciate it if anyone could tell me. Also how would I go about flashing the bio (its phoenix bios) without a hard drive? is it possible to flash it from a USB memory stick or is windows required to do this. thanks to anyone that is able to help. |
korora (15045) | ||
| 1115814 | 2010-07-04 22:30:00 | You need to get the program from the system manufacturer and then flash it from there. 99% sure you can't flash from a USB drive.. |
GreacherTech (15784) | ||
| 1115815 | 2010-07-04 22:33:00 | Why not just ask your younger cousin for the passwords ? | gcarmich (10068) | ||
| 1115816 | 2010-07-04 22:45:00 | Why not just clear the BIOS? | pctek (84) | ||
| 1115817 | 2010-07-04 23:13:00 | You need to get the program from the system manufacturer and then flash it from there. 99% sure you can't flash from a USB drive.. Not true, if the USB drive is capable of booting, you can install DOS, copy your flashing util and BAM! update BIOS from USB. |
Deimos (5715) | ||
| 1115818 | 2010-07-04 23:48:00 | If its an ASUS mobo, and it supports EZ-flash, then you can flash from a USB flash drive (from within the BIOS itself). No DOS files needed., Or as Deimos said, format a USB flash drive and copy the files to it. Then boot from it (if the BIOS supports booting from USB flash drives) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1115819 | 2010-07-04 23:52:00 | Flashing the BIOS to simply remove a password more than likely wont do any good - as the Password may still stay in place. You may also find if the BIOS is already pass worded, it may ask for the password before allowing it to be flashed. Have a read of This thread (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) # 4 & 7. In post #4 above link -- I had not tried that program (PCCMOS Cleaner) -- have now -- Its a bootbable CD that allows you to reset the password, as well as reset it back to default. 59.1MB ISO file |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1115820 | 2010-07-04 23:58:00 | And some passwords are on a chip . So, it doesnt matter if you remove the battery or clear the CMOS . Its not going to work . A mate was saying last night, that his mate got a laptop off ebay the other day, but the owner had pw protected the BIOS (with a supervisor pw) . The owner wouldnt reply to his emails, so he had to find another way of removing it . One way was to make a serial interface, and tap into the chip itself (you have to solder 3 wires to this chip on the laptop), and use a password decoder program to scan for the password . Dont think he's going to do this tho |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1115821 | 2010-07-05 02:03:00 | ok, but want I really need to know is, will using a new hard drive and just booting from a CD to install 7 onto the new hard drive, will that automatically put another password on the new hard drive? becuase I dont really want to have another 500 gig hard ruined by this bios hard drive password crap | korora (15045) | ||
| 1115822 | 2010-07-05 02:10:00 | Ring him and ask for the password. Or email him. Another 500 gb hdd may not work either | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
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