forgot my password for bios setup is their a default password?

near your battery is 3 brass prongs with plastic over 2 of them (the jumper) so if its the 1st and 2nd jumped pull it off and place it on the 2nd and third or vice versa then return it to original position, also pressing f8 and going into safe mode you can sometimes go to users and change the password in there depends what your cooking on

tony hull
December 2006

agree with jumper settings may be marked as cmos or bois

Will Stirling
October 2006

There's a few ways to deal with this - not all works for all systems though.

Try read your Motherboard manual for any reference to a "CMOS/BIOS resetting jumper" (Or something along those lines), it's basicly a small piece of plastic with some metal inside, where it is and where to put it in order to reset it, should be in the manual if available.

If not, then try this (this is what I do):
1. Unplug the cable for the power supply unit or shut it off, whatever works best for you.
2. Open the case to your computer, on the motherboard there should be a lithtech battery mounted on it (it's a battery at the size of a coin, it's often silverish coloured).
3. See if you can find a way to plug the battery out.
4. Leave it out for a good 15 secounds (~5 should be enough, but why not be sure?)
5. Plug it back in (should be an easy job - at least easier than getting it out)
6. Boot your computer back up - now it should be working

*Note - that this doesn't neccessarily work on all systems, especially not newer motherboards. If it asks for your password, try just pressing Enter (leaving the field blank), or try with "admin".

Rene 'zitrez'
October 2006

Not on any of the PCs that I have worked on/with. However it may help an answer if you say what the PC is.

Terry
October 2006