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HP Pavilion ZE4600 Power on Password
I am working on a laptop for a friend of mine he bought used. It came
with a power on password and drivelock password. I went into the BIOS and used the option to reset the password for the admin and also for the drivelock. I entered the old passwords for each and in the new password and confirm password field I just hit the Enter key. Now the power on password won't accept the enter key (blank field) or the old password. I cannot access floppy drive or bios as it comes on as soon as the POST test completes. I have disassembled the laptop and removed the CMOS battery but I have heard the passwords are stored in a security chip on the mobo. Is there any way to reset this password, get ahold of the admin password, or short out the password chip, resetting the security chip? I tried to call HP, but as I looked at the bottom of the laptop, the serial number label is gone. The guy my friend bought it from claims it is not "hot" but cannot provide the original manual or the label with the s/n (very fishy). HP cannot do anything without a s/n unfortunately. Any help would be appreciated. |
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