Acer Aspire 4349 Acer Aspire 4349, 4749, 4749Z Notebook Service Guide - Page 78

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 BIOS password is incorrectly entered three times, an error is generated. (Figure 2-16) Figure 2-16. Password Error Status To reset the BIOS password, perform the following: 1. Press any key to exit the menu. 2. In DOS mode, execute ClearSuPw.exe. 76776356 Figure 2-17. Clear BIOS Password 2-18 System Utilities