reset bios on Amilo Li1718

xpcpu · 3 May 2012 at 17:52

i have received today but find that i cannot access the bios at all, i saw another thread here that shows how to short out the bios on a Toshiba but was wondering if anyone knew how to do it on the Fujitsu Siemens Amilo.

jamesfreddie · 3 May 2012 at 18:48

Disconnect the BIOS battery.

xpcpu · 3 May 2012 at 18:51

i can't get to it without completely stripping the thing.

xpcpu · 3 May 2012 at 19:39

well, stripped laptop and took out bios battery for around 15 odd mins, put back together and still got the same Master bios password needed.

beermonster · 3 May 2012 at 20:09

Generally you will need to contact the manufacturer for a bios challenge or reset tool, but you would need proof of purchase. What make is the bios?

xpcpu · 3 May 2012 at 20:48

pheonix

when i put the battery back in and reboot i press F2 and it goes straight to PheonixBios setup utility - Enter Master Password.

Shadz · 3 May 2012 at 21:07

You did make sure the power lead was disconnected and the battery was out of the laptop
as well didn't you? I'm assuming the battery would have been out anyway to take apart the
laptop but the power lead needs to be out as well.

Also try these password see if any work.

BIOS
CMOS
phoenix
PHOENIX

Let us know how you get on.

xpcpu · 3 May 2012 at 21:10

everything disconnected and also tried those, also tried going through debug in command prompt, no good with DOS so couldn't work out how to do Debug from starting in DOS :eek:

xpcpu · 4 May 2012 at 01:30

done it

thanks to Dogbert's blog

beermonster · 4 May 2012 at 21:05

Apparently there is a bios reset tool on the latest hiren boot cd for future reference.

xpcpu · 4 May 2012 at 21:07

i have that and tried all the reset tools on there, i now have the passcode to access the bios, it still asks for it each time you try to enter but at least i can now access it.