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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
I have 2 same Compaq Armada E500 laptops. In one of them i lost the power-on password and i can't turn it on. What can i do? -- mitnik ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mitnik's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=512 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=564213 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
"mitnik" wrote in message ... I have 2 same Compaq Armada E500 laptops. In one of them i lost the power-on password and i can't turn it on. What can i do? http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/su...170045-002.pdf page 126 If You Forget Your Power-On Password IMPORTANT: You cannot use the computer if you forget your power-on password. Therefore, Compaq recommends that you record your password and put it in a safe place. If you forget your power-on password, the computer must be disassembled and the memory cleared. Contact your Compaq authorized dealer, reseller, or service provider for assistance. BEFORE YOU DO send it in , ASK this question - " will I get MY disk drive back ? with the data on it ? " It USED to be that you needed to be the registered owner to even have them do it. SO that I couldn't steal yours/send it in and get back a "good pc". I used to work in the field and had a customer send in it once. (someone was fired and when they went to wipe the PC discovered a power-on pwd.) As I'm typing , I think I remember that he got back a blank drive (not even an OS on it) I did ask the factory how/if I could do it - their answer = " No, send it in". Maybe they removed the drive and raw formatted it elsewhere and reinserted ? Did you swap drives between the laptops ? - problem follow the drive ? |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
Did you swap drives between the laptops ? [/QUOTE Wrote: No. I will make it tonight. Thank you. -- mitnik ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mitnik's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=512 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=564213 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
- Bobb - a écrit: "mitnik" wrote in message ... I have 2 same Compaq Armada E500 laptops. In one of them i lost the power-on password and i can't turn it on. What can i do? http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/su...170045-002.pdf Did you swap drives between the laptops ? - problem follow the drive ? Thats totally useless: the password is stored in a flash memory. Without the PW, you can not even boot on a floppy. |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
"jerome" wrote in message
... - Bobb - a écrit: "mitnik" wrote in message ... I have 2 same Compaq Armada E500 laptops. In one of them i lost the power-on password and i can't turn it on. What can i do? http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/su...170045-002.pdf Did you swap drives between the laptops ? - problem follow the drive ? Thats totally useless: the password is stored in a flash memory. Without the PW, you can not even boot on a floppy. May be - but I found it strange that my cutomer had his hard drive wiped when he got it back, so thought maybe something on the drive telling it to ( not) look at flash. I figured - it would still be protecting drive - worth a shot. Also, if nothing on drive what prevents me from taking your drive from a password protected PC and putting it into a non-password protected PC to get at your confidential data ? I thought THAT's why they had to wipe it . |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
Ok. I find it. This is the solution. 1)Disconnect power cable and remove laptop battery, 2)remove Bios or CMOS battery from indide,3) leave for 1-2 mins, 4)connect power cable without laptop battery and reboot. No power-on password anymore. Thank you all. -- mitnik ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mitnik's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=512 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=564213 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
"mitnik" wrote in message ... Ok. I find it. This is the solution. 1)Disconnect power cable and remove laptop battery, 2)remove Bios or CMOS battery from indide,3) leave for 1-2 mins, 4)connect power cable without laptop battery and reboot. No power-on password anymore. Thank you all. I'm glad that worked , but surprised it was that simple to get around it. Defeats the whole purpose of using pwd protection. |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
- Bobb - a écrit: "mitnik" wrote in message ... Ok. I find it. This is the solution. 1)Disconnect power cable and remove laptop battery, 2)remove Bios or CMOS battery from indide,3) leave for 1-2 mins, 4)connect power cable without laptop battery and reboot. No power-on password anymore. Thank you all. I'm glad that worked , but surprised it was that simple to get around it. Defeats the whole purpose of using pwd protection. I'm surprised too, I had an Armada 7800 on which I had to replace the mobo because of power on PW. After letting it for a month without any battery (main or CMOS) it would not boot. Perhaps some customers complained about that? |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
This does not work in new laptop because they have ''password chip'' in motheboard and must replace it with a new. Password chip don't need any battery. -- mitnik ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mitnik's Profile: http://www.futurehardware.in/member.php?userid=512 View this thread: http://www.futurehardware.in/showthread.php?t=564213 Future Hardware - http://www.futurehardware.in |
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Compaq Armada E500 power-on password
"mitnik" wrote in message ... This does not work in new laptop because they have ''password chip'' in motheboard and must replace it with a new. Password chip don't need any battery. -- mitnik So did you fix it or not ? |
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