Acer AOD270 Acer Aspire One D270 Service Guide - Page 69

Clearing BIOS Passwords 0 ! CAUTION: If Power-on Password authentication is enabled, the BIOS password can only be cleared by initiating the Crisis Disk Recovery procedure or flashing the BIOS. See Crisis Disk Recovery. This section provides details about removing HDD/BIOS passwords. Clear the BIOS Password as follows: NOTE: NOTE: If the BIOC password is incorrectly entered three times, an error is generated. (Figure 2-15) Figure 2-15. Password Error Status To reset the BIOS password, perform the following: 1. Press any key to exit the menu. 2. In DOS mode, execute unlockPw.exe. 76776356 Figure 2-16. Clear BIOS Password System Utilities 2-17