Acer Aspire 5733 Acer Aspire 5333, 5733, 5733Z Notebook Service Guide - Page 70

Removing BIOS Passwords 0 To clear User or Supervisor passwords, open the DIMM door and use a metal instrument to short the RTCRST# point. Figure 2-18. CMOS Jumper Overview Software Method 0 1. At a DOS prompt, enter clnpwd.exe. 2. Press 1 or 2 to clean the desired password. (Figure 2-19) D:\Clnpwd>clnpwd Acer Clean Password Utility V1.00 Press 1 or 2 to clean any password shown as below 1. User Password 2. Supervisor Password Clean User Password Successful! Figure 2-19. Clean BIOS Password 3. The on screen message shows function success or failure. 2-18 System Utilities