bios

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 15:39

how can i reset bios password when i have forgotten the password no battery on motherboard
help please roger

Jamin280672 · 31 Aug 2019 at 15:41

roger_37 said:
how can i reset bios password when i have forgotten the password no battery on motherboard
help please roger

Depending on the motherboard, look for the jumper pins for the bios on the board, if you dont have a jumper cap, use a flat headed screw driver to short the pins, or a car key or something similar.

Which board is it ?

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 15:50

gigabyte f2a75m=d3h .... dont know about jumper pins?

Jamin280672 · 31 Aug 2019 at 16:57

roger_37 said:
gigabyte f2a75m=d3h .... dont know about jumper pins?

The manual explains it all, and it does have a battery that you can remove to also clear the cmos, heres your board layout:

remove the power cable, press the power button a couple of times to drain the caps from the PSU, and then remove the battery for 5 mins, or short the 2 pins together highlighted in the picture with a key or flat head screw driver etc, something metal and conductive.

There is 4 revisions of that motherboard, ive checked all the images of all the revisions and the battery and clear cmos jumper pins are all in the same place on all 4 boards.

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 17:23

thanks tries that and when i power up it still wants the password?

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 17:30

roger_37 said:
thanks tries that and when i power up it still wants the password?

thanks just removed battery found it under the graph card.....battery out now thanks

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 18:24

still no joy after leaving the battery out for fifteen min pc says enter password

freddie64 · 31 Aug 2019 at 18:36

These are the instructions from Gigabyte, pretty much what Jamin said.

https://www.gigabyte.com/Support/FAQ/1758

You did unplug the power cord?

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 18:38

yes i did left pc for 30 min but still goes back to wanting password

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 20:12

left battery out for an hour n an a half when i connect it up again it goes to enter password again...can anyone help

roger_37 · 31 Aug 2019 at 21:11

have the battery out again will leave it till morn .....will report back then when i reboot pc.....thanks all

roger_37 · 1 Sep 2019 at 10:20

battery out allnight put in this morn cant get past the enter password screen...dont know what to do now ....anybody?

roger_37 · 1 Sep 2019 at 11:33

anyone know if theirs anything i can try?

Jamin280672 · 1 Sep 2019 at 15:39

roger_37 said:
anyone know if theirs anything i can try?

Will it boot too windows ? is it just a bios password, ie a password stopping you from getting into the bios or is it a password stopping it from booting ?

The clear cmos and removal of the battery should have cleared any bios password.

roger_37 · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:00

Jamin280672 said:
Will it boot too windows ? is it just a bios password, ie a password stopping you from getting into the bios or is it a password stopping it from booting ?

The clear cmos and removal of the battery should have cleared any bios password.

cant get past the screen bios password...i think password stopping from booting....do you think motherboard is the fault? wont boot to windows.

an0nym0us · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:05

Are you sure it's a BIOS password, or maybe is the drive encrypted?

roger_37 · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:13

an0nym0us said:
Are you sure it's a BIOS password, or maybe is the drive encrypted?

i disconnected all ssd hdd still the same...took out 3 mem sticks...only msi aero connected....dont no what else to do...to get into windows.

an0nym0us · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:19

When you removed the CMOS battery, you also turned off PSU and unplugged from wall power socket?

roger_37 · 1 Sep 2019 at 16:24

an0nym0us said:
When you removed the CMOS battery, you also turned off PSU and unplugged from wall power socket?

yes removed plug unpluged from pc then removed battery.

roger_37 · 1 Sep 2019 at 17:25

maybe i should build another one?