New Members - please post your introductions here

[rev991]

Hi everybody!

[stevebm1]

hi,steve from romford uk,joining the forum to hopefully gain some knowledge and advice

[stevebm1]

hi,Steve from romford uk,joining the forum to hopefully gain some knowledge and advice

[HFKZWL]

Hi, just some kid want to try new thing and repair a dead laptop 😉.

[JoseRico]

Hi Everybody,

I hope you all are doing great,

Just a little bit about me, I'm currently living in the Republic of Ireland. I like to tinker with laptops, installing apps, updating RAM and thinks like that, not an IT expert by any means.

Now here is where I'm stuck at:

I recently got an HP Elitebook 645 G11, AMD processor and RAM 32GB. I want to replace the current Windows OS with Ubuntu. But the BIOS is locked with a password, and I can't boot from an external USB to install the Linux distro.
I've seen laptop hardware technicians taking out a small chip and reprograming it, that wipes the existing password and allows to get into the BIOS.
Mind me ask you please, is there a way to crack/bypass this without the need of getting that deep into the motherboard?

Thank you in advance,

[Who.Am.I]

Hi, I am a beginner who wants to learn electronic repair, especially laptops.
Greetings from me.
Thanks.

[Virusxd]

Buenas me presento me llamo Virus

[Biggest Chungus]

hello guys new member here. would love to learn more about electronics form you guys

[tojestzart]

im there

[WaffleHouseSpock]

Hello! Just a guy from Colorado trying to fix his own laptop, since the repair shops have no idea what is wrong with it. Here to learn and exchange knowledge.

[Yeahyay]

Just a dude trying to fix his broken stuff. Maybe one day I can transcend.

[HarmlessSparrow]

Just looking to learn some trade secrets and this forum looks legit. Thank you for the opportunity to learn something new.

[n1zar]

Hello Everybody, im joining to learn fixing my own stuff

[bhanwar]

hi all thanks

[Ceasar12]

My name is vceasar i want to enhance may board level repair

[robojub]

Hi, i'm new here. Working as Sysadmin and comming from an electronics background im intressted in repairing broken electronics. I hope to find and share tips here. Regards robo

[dinyasoft]

HELLO from sunny Novgorod

[jjvk82]

Hi I am JJ from the Netherlasnds, PC enthousiast, trying to help people with computers.

[shaeon]

I like fix computer myself from childhood, so i think this place are like my home!

Thanks for left become inside!

[kix766]

hi all, i'm Kix and super happy to be part of this group

Been following this for a while and now im a member