ML> I have an old Sony VIAO which I would like to change the BIOS on in
 ML> order to install a CD-ROM or USB floppy device.  However, the BIOS
 ML> setup function is password locked and I can't get to it.  Can
 ML> somebody post the key combination or tell me the hardware shuffle
 ML> requirement which is needed to clear the BIOS password so I can get
 ML> to it?

 ML> Thanks!


I don't know if it's going to be of any help, but on older PC sytems that I
have had to bust the BIOS password for (even as recent as a few days ago
for somebody else) the proceedure I follow is to first look up the BIOS
version on the internet and see if there are any default backdoor passwords
to get into it... if that fails, next is to use a variety of seekers that
can get the password that exists for you... if that fails, remove the
battery from the motherboard while you're having dinner, and then upon
reinserting the battery and firing up the system all BIOS functions should
be back to default, and any previous passwords gone. Of course, on the last
measure I mentioned, anything not "default" may not be usable so
you'd better know the settings for the hardware that existed previously if
that BIOS doesn't have an "auto"
setting for the different types of hardware that pre-existed.

Like I said... I don't know if it's going to be any help, and I don't know
the system you speak of, but that is the proceedure I have always followed
on PC's and I've never failed in getting into them.

Generaly, when the system config screen pops up, pause it at the right
moment and you can see the settings for the hardware already installed if
you have to resort to the last measure.

Good luck.

Phil

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