Acer Aspire E1-471 Acer Aspire E1-431 and E1-471 Notebook Service Guide - Page 81

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 2-22. Unlock Password Prompt 2. In DOS mode, execute UnlockHD.exe XXXXX (where XXXXX is the Unlock password error code; example here is 76776356). The exe will generate an unlock password (example here is 69654998). Figure 2-23. UnlockHD.exe 3. The exe will generate a unlock passworrd. Enter this generated unlock password at the prompt. Figure 2-24. Enter Unlock Password System Utilities 2-21