Reset bios toshiba A210?

postmanfw · 2 Feb 2009 at 00:40

I have a mates Toshiba A210 laptop here which his girlfriend put a bios passoword on whilst drunk. The screen was then smashed but thats another story and repair.

Currently have the laptop totaly stripped down and have found the bios battery is soldered onto the underside of the motherboard and there is no obvious way to remove it or resest the bios to clear the password.

Any suggestions?

Found a guide on fixya :rolleyes:

but very dubious as no pictures show up and bits dont match up...dont want to kill this laptop by shorting out the wrong bits.

cheers

postmanfw · 2 Feb 2009 at 15:51

Yes the guide on fixya mentioned them

Any idea which ones and the exact method?

postmanfw · 2 Feb 2009 at 16:56

Cheers mate thats fantastic...will give it a try later tonight once i rebuild it.

postmanfw · 4 Feb 2009 at 23:15

Cheers mate for that...worked a treat!!

Had read that it needed to be shorted whilst turning it on which seemed a bit wrong to me. Can confirm it just needs that wee gap shorted and hey presto bios password gone

Now just need to change the cracked screen on it.

Thanks a million...ocuk forums to the rescue yet again

postmanfw · 9 Sep 2014 at 21:10

5.5 year old thread and its still helping people out

Glad you got it sorted