Acer AOD270 Acer Aspire One D270 Service Guide - Page 70

Removing BIOS Passwords 0 The BIOS password can only be removed by software utility. If wrong supervisor password is entered three times, the message System will halt! is displayed on screen. Figure 2-17. Supervisor Password Error If user is unable to obtain correct password then it must be removed. There are two methods to do this. Method 1: 0 If BIOS menu item Power on Password is set to Enabled, the Crisis utility must be used. Method 2: 0 If BIOS menu item Power on Password is set to Disabled. 1. Boot to DOS and execute unlockPw.exe. (Figure 2-18) Figure 2-18. Clear Supervisor Password Utility 2. When message Clear the SU Pws completely is displayed, the supervisor password has been removed. 2-18 System Utilities