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  • yonu
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2007
    • 138
    • United States
    #1

    gateway bios password help

    hey I am hoping someone can help me out I am trying to reset the bios on a gateway solo 9300 but am having no luck i have tryed the copy of unlock 6 I have for acer but it doesn't work. if anyone can help it would be much appreciated.

    Thanks,
    yonu
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    • NxB
      Badcaps Legend
      • Feb 2009
      • 1595
      #2
      Re: gateway bios password help

      pull cmos -> check service manual -> dump eeprom. Keep trying unlock programs that work on your bios version if you can boot up. If its a power on password then the previous progression still applies.

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        • yonu
          Senior Member
          • Nov 2007
          • 138
          • United States
          #3
          Re: gateway bios password help

          ok i take it there is no way to do it without pulling the cmos? I have tryed every program I can find and none of them work and ideas if anyone has any would be great

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            • NxB
              Badcaps Legend
              • Feb 2009
              • 1595
              #4
              Re: gateway bios password help

              The password for these things usually is on external eEprom not in the CMOS itself. For security it is sometimes encrypted. Of course it varies by maker and model. Hence usually with a password locked laptop you are screwed.

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                • i4004
                  Badcaps Legend
                  • Oct 2006
                  • 2029
                  #5
                  Re: gateway bios password help

                  can't he just clear the cmos by jumper, or by removing the battery for a period of time?

                  hm..
                  http://forums.windrivers.com/showthread.php?t=1001
                  seems these laptops are weird in that sense...huh...

                  nice design...eh..

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                    • kaniki
                      Badcaps Veteran
                      • Dec 2009
                      • 514
                      #6
                      Re: gateway bios password help

                      no. on newer laptops all the passwords for the bios are stored on the EEPROM chips.. the only thing that you could do was reset the bios configurations to factory by pulling the battery.. and that includes both the bios battery and main battery.. but the passwords for access are not power sensitive so do not get erased like on a desktop..

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                        • NxB
                          Badcaps Legend
                          • Feb 2009
                          • 1595
                          #7
                          Re: gateway bios password help

                          sometimes it still works but usually it does not.

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                            • SmartAceW0LF
                              New Member
                              • Feb 2010
                              • 1
                              #8
                              Re: gateway bios password help

                              Yoni, are you still working on this issue? I just lost almost an hours work in posting some things regarding this thread that might help. So, if you are still dealing with it, please let me know and I will post it again. FRICKIN-FRACKIN-TIMING-OUT-BASTIDGES! :-)

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                                • insomnia
                                  Member
                                  • Jan 2010
                                  • 17
                                  #9
                                  Re: gateway bios password help

                                  still works on new laptops need to bridge to pads on the motherboard most of time success here

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