Acer Ferrari One 200 Acer Ferrari One 200 Service Guide - Page 45

Removing BIOS Passwords: If you key in the wrong Supervisor Password three times, System Disabled displays on the screen. See the image below. 1. Make a note of the number displayed: 14452 in this instance. 2. Boot up the system to a removable bootable drive containing DOS and open a DOS prompt. For instructions on changing boot priority see "Boot" on page 29. 3. Enter the BIOS_PW.EXE command. 4. Enter bios_pw 14452 0 NOTE: 1. in the image below where 14452 is the number noted previously from the System Disabled message. 5. Reboot the computer in its original boot sequence. When the BIOS user password box appears enter one of the four strings of characters noted as 2. in the image above. For example: qjjg9vy 6. Press Enter to set the new password and enter the BIOS. Chapter 2 35