Acer Aspire 5349 Aspire 5349, 5749, 5749Z Service Guide - Page 75

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 2-17) Figure 2-17. Password Error Status To reset the BIOS password, perform the following: 1. Press any key to exit the menu. 2. In DOS mode, execute ClearSubPw.exe. 76776356 Figure 2-18. Clear BIOS Password System Utilities 2-19