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  • RethoricalCheese
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    • Mar 2013
    • 1514
    • Estonia

    #441
    You cant program this way. What you need to do is boot onto windows install USB for example.

    A tip for you is to click on power button icon on login screen and from there, click on shift and restart. This way you can access windows recovery menu.
    From there you can find a way to get where you need.

    Having a windows USB install disk with correct flash programming tool in known location is the important part.

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    • subbucat
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      • Jul 2024
      • 18
      • USA

      #442
      Originally posted by RethoricalCheese
      You cant program this way. What you need to do is boot onto windows install USB for example.

      A tip for you is to click on power button icon on login screen and from there, click on shift and restart. This way you can access windows recovery menu.
      From there you can find a way to get where you need.

      Having a windows USB install disk with correct flash programming tool in known location is the important part.
      Hi,

      Thankyou for the tip. I just tried booting into usb recovery drive by pressing volume down and power button and only got the below options. Recovery option did not work. Came back with error after 2% . Only shutdown option available not restart. Not sure what am doing wrong.
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      • subbucat
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        • Jul 2024
        • 18
        • USA

        #443
        Originally posted by RethoricalCheese
        You cant program this way. What you need to do is boot onto windows install USB for example.

        A tip for you is to click on power button icon on login screen and from there, click on shift and restart. This way you can access windows recovery menu.
        From there you can find a way to get where you need.

        Having a windows USB install disk with correct flash programming tool in known location is the important part.
        I just again boot into usb, selected trouble shoot and selected uwfi settings where it says restart. I pressed shift and pressed restart. Nothing happened again the password prompt like below image.
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        • RethoricalCheese
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          • Mar 2013
          • 1514
          • Estonia

          #444
          You do understand what is your goal here?

          No point in going to uefi settings - you have got a password preventing you. Your goal is to remove the password.
          No point in trying recovery - you have a bios password, not a broken windows.

          You need to boot.. Somewhere... Easiest option is to boot on Windows USB install disk, which you need to download and make using another computer. And then on that same computer, download and copy flash programming tool onto that USB install disk.
          Connect that usb install disk with your surface and try to boot onto it.

          If you did have that ready already then you are just trying to boot into recovery menu, which is not USB install disk. So stop doing that.
          Like I said, if you have windows installed (even if it has a user password), boot onto that, click on power button icon and click shift + restart. From there you can make it boot onto the usb install disk.

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          • zeuth
            New Member
            • Aug 2024
            • 3
            • France

            #445
            Hello, can you help me with password bios ?
            SN : 051988443353
            Model : Surface Pro 3 128Gb 4Gb Intel i5-4300U

            Thanks
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            • peste
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              • Dec 2016
              • 12262
              • ROMANIA

              #446
              Originally posted by zeuth
              Hello, can you help me with password bios ?
              SN : 051988443353
              Model : Surface Pro 3 128Gb 4Gb Intel i5-4300U

              Thanks
              try..

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              • volinakis
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                • Jan 2021
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                #447
                Originally posted by zeuth
                Hello, can you help me with password bios ?
                SN : 051988443353
                Model : Surface Pro 3 128Gb 4Gb Intel i5-4300U

                Thanks
                your backup is corrupted and has an unusual length. Anyway, try pass:
                xpppbios
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                • subbucat
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                  • Jul 2024
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                  #448
                  Originally posted by RethoricalCheese
                  You do understand what is your goal here?

                  No point in going to uefi settings - you have got a password preventing you. Your goal is to remove the password.
                  No point in trying recovery - you have a bios password, not a broken windows.

                  You need to boot.. Somewhere... Easiest option is to boot on Windows USB install disk, which you need to download and make using another computer. And then on that same computer, download and copy flash programming tool onto that USB install disk.
                  Connect that usb install disk with your surface and try to boot onto it.

                  If you did have that ready already then you are just trying to boot into recovery menu, which is not USB install disk. So stop doing that.
                  Like I said, if you have windows installed (even if it has a user password), boot onto that, click on power button icon and click shift + restart. From there you can make it boot onto the usb install disk.
                  that was th3e clearest explanation I have read and someone took time and patiently replied in this whole thread for a noob. I appreciate your help. I think I made backup of the bin. Attached here. appreciate if you can help me with the passworde . I am hoping its the right bin.
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                  • subbucat
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                    • Jul 2024
                    • 18
                    • USA

                    #449
                    Originally posted by subbucat

                    that was th3e clearest explanation I have read and someone took time and patiently replied in this whole thread for a noob. I appreciate your help. I think I made backup of the bin. Attached here. appreciate if you can help me with the passworde . I am hoping its the right bin.
                    I think I found it. Its "surface". even after entering and changing the setting of TMP module to disable TPM and secure boot. the laptop is booting into TPM screen only. what is the solution for this

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                    • subbucat
                      Member
                      • Jul 2024
                      • 18
                      • USA

                      #450
                      Originally posted by RethoricalCheese
                      You do understand what is your goal here?

                      No point in going to uefi settings - you have got a password preventing you. Your goal is to remove the password.
                      No point in trying recovery - you have a bios password, not a broken windows.

                      You need to boot.. Somewhere... Easiest option is to boot on Windows USB install disk, which you need to download and make using another computer. And then on that same computer, download and copy flash programming tool onto that USB install disk.
                      Connect that usb install disk with your surface and try to boot onto it.

                      If you did have that ready already then you are just trying to boot into recovery menu, which is not USB install disk. So stop doing that.
                      Like I said, if you have windows installed (even if it has a user password), boot onto that, click on power button icon and click shift + restart. From there you can make it boot onto the usb install disk.
                      I think the ssd has failed. When intry to run the disk eraser tool it did not recognise make and model. When I boot using recovery disk and checked the diskpart. It only showed removable sd card and the USB. Not the inbuilt memory.
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                      • RethoricalCheese
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                        • Mar 2013
                        • 1514
                        • Estonia

                        #451
                        What is TPM screen anyway?

                        Did you try fresh windows installing and did you reach the part where you need to select a disk? SSD was missing from that list?

                        And keep in mind that Surface Pro 3 is supported by windows 10 but not windows 11. Altho requirements for windows 11 can be bypassed easily.

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                        • subbucat
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                          • Jul 2024
                          • 18
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                          #452
                          Originally posted by RethoricalCheese
                          What is TPM screen anyway?

                          Did you try fresh windows installing and did you reach the part where you need to select a disk? SSD was missing from that list?

                          And keep in mind that Surface Pro 3 is supported by windows 10 but not windows 11. Altho requirements for windows 11 can be bypassed easily.
                          TPM= trust protection module attached image.

                          I just tried full and clean instal. I can see it shows internal SSD as 59gb something. But not allowing me to create partition or format it. I tried shift+f10 and entered diskpart to do the partition but it says I/O device error.

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                          • RethoricalCheese
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                            • Mar 2013
                            • 1514
                            • Estonia

                            #453
                            That "TPM screen" is bios.

                            Not sure if I've encountered faulty SSD on pro 3 but on newer models its not that uncommon to have a faulty SSD.

                            But I doubt its worth it to replace it. You would need a heatbed to remove thr screen. A hot air station, flux, tweezers to remove the faulty SSD. A new SSD. Might even need a stencil and solder paste to reball. And lastly thin double sided tape to put it back together.

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                            • subbucat
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                              • Jul 2024
                              • 18
                              • USA

                              #454
                              Originally posted by RethoricalCheese
                              That "TPM screen" is bios.

                              Not sure if I've encountered faulty SSD on pro 3 but on newer models its not that uncommon to have a faulty SSD.

                              But I doubt its worth it to replace it. You would need a heatbed to remove thr screen. A hot air station, flux, tweezers to remove the faulty SSD. A new SSD. Might even need a stencil and solder paste to reball. And lastly thin double sided tape to put it back together.
                              That seems to be a complicated process for someone like me. Rather than throwing it away, I would like to give it a try. I have the tool kit . All I need is heat bed or hot air gun and gule to re-paste it.

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                              • subbucat
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                                • Jul 2024
                                • 18
                                • USA

                                #455
                                Update... Cracked my screen in the removal process. Heating pad is the best solution rather than hot air gun, pad heats evenly

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                                • kbizzle
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                                  • Jul 2024
                                  • 4
                                  • us

                                  #456
                                  I'm still looking for help with my password. I tried to translate the hex data, but got a null variable. Not sure what I did wrong, but any help deciphering my password would be appreciated.

                                  Surface Pro 3, 256gb HD, 8gb RAM, Intel Core i7, SN: 039812553353.

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                                  • volinakis
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                                    • Jan 2021
                                    • 2624
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                                    #457
                                    Originally posted by kbizzle
                                    I'm still looking for help with my password. I tried to translate the hex data, but got a null variable. Not sure what I did wrong, but any help deciphering my password would be appreciated.

                                    Surface Pro 3, 256gb HD, 8gb RAM, Intel Core i7, SN: 039812553353.
                                    Password is: 600north
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                                    • zeuth
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                                      • Aug 2024
                                      • 3
                                      • France

                                      #458
                                      Originally posted by volinakis

                                      your backup is corrupted and has an unusual length. Anyway, try pass:
                                      xpppbios
                                      thanks

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                                      • volinakis
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                                        • Jan 2021
                                        • 2624
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                                        #459
                                        Originally posted by zeuth

                                        thanks
                                        you are welcome
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                                        • pmikloska
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                                          • Mar 2023
                                          • 4
                                          • USA

                                          #460
                                          Please help me with decrypting the password. Thank you! I have tried it already, but I can see only zeros, however the computer asks for password. I am not sure what the problem is with it...
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