Re: Sony Laptop Bios Password

["Tim Hawes" <timsyahoo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Initally my money was on the cmos battery...but I guess that wont work
now. I'm midway through the ressurection of an old desktop PC and once
in the BIOS it has options for password on boot etc. but these are
stated as "disabled by jumper". Maybe there's some jumper pins on
your
mobo you can short out, or swap positions of the contacts etc. for
reset the password.

I take it there's no way to get the password from said former employer?

Cheers,

Tim.


On Dec 23, 2007 6:12 AM, Rob Iles <rob.iles@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello everyone,
>
> Sorry for the second "please help" post in as many minutes!!
>
> One of the laptops come photo-frames has a poorly hard disk - on boot
it
> shows SMART warnings, and requires a keypress (F1) to continue. Not
easy
> when the keyboard is upside down and back to front & buried in a
small
> enclosure!
>
> I thought I'd go into the BIOS, and tell it to boot regardless of
error -
> but found it's password protected - - - - the laptop was a hand me
down from
> a former employer - password is unknown.
>
> 2nd plan was to replace the disk with a working one - - unfortunately,
Bios
> isn't set to AutoDetect Disk - it's set with parameters for the
existing
> disk, so this didn't work either. :-(
>
>
> I've spent many an hour with my mate Google - and found several BIOS
> password crackers/reset/removal tools - - none of which work on Sony
Laptops
> :( ........the general consensus seems to be that it's not possible to
reset
> it - - it'd need to be returned to manufacturer for replacement chip;
seeing
> as I've removed most of their plastic, and a few other bits and
pieces, I
> can't see that happening - so I'm just wondering/hoping one of you has
an
> idea on how to get around this!
>
> IIRC, no cmos battery was visible/removable. no BIOS IC was
> visible/removable (unless you're into un-soldering surface mount
components,
> which I'm not)
>
>
>
> It's not a massive problem, just an annoyance that I'd very much like
to
> fix; would be a shame to see it go to Laptop Heaven prematurely, just
> because of a lost password! (It's a P2 350, with 128 MB RAM and 8GB
HDD -
> not very useful for many other tasks)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rob