Acer AOHAPPY2 Aspire One AOD257 and Happy 2 Netbook Service Guide - Page 74

Removing Insyde HDD Password 0 Clear the BIOS Password as follows: To reset the BIOS password, perform the following: 1. When the user keys in the wrong password three times, the system reports the error code: Figure 2-20. Unlock Password Prompt 2. In DOS mode, execute UnlockHD.exe XXXXX (where XXXX is the Unlock password error code; example here is 76776356). The exe will generate an unlock password (example here is 69654998). Figure 2-21. UnlockHD.exe 3. The exe will generate a unlock password. Enter this password at the prompt. Figure 2-22. Enter Unlock Password 2-20 System Utilities