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I work as a tech and a customer brought in a machine with the

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I work as a tech and a customer brought in a machine with the bios locked and they can't remember the password. The manufacturer is being a douche and not helping. Any tech tips /g/?
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Give it back Rajeesh.
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>>55297594
Try to remove the motherboard battery
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>>55297645
I don't give up easily.
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Damm tyrone if you dont know how to go trough that maybe you should go back into stealing watermelons.
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>>55297689
The bios is stored in the flash memory and apparently removing battery doesn't work. Which I found out the hard way.
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Who's the manufacturer? Apple and Lenovo are pretty resilient in my experience.
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>>55297747
Remove BIOS and replace chip with a new one.
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>>55297751
Toshiba.
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>>55297762
I was hoping there was software I could use. Finding replacement bios chips is a pain in nitamb
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>>55297823
There are usually ways to emergency flash a BIOS chip. mainly when a flash has gone wrong. My last two boards could do it via USB at home, even.
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>>55297747
Did you leave the battery out long enough? 30 minutes should be good. Also what kind of Toshiba. Is it a laptop?
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>>55297851
What software were you using?
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Give it back Jamal
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