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Phoenix Bios password ~HELP~ Alienware M5500i-r3
Hello all! Im not sure if Im in the right spot to post, but I NEED HELP! I just recently purchased an alienware laptop, pretty excited because Ive always wanted one! I got itr pretty cheap, they told me no charger and a password was on it. Well not thinking anything of if, I bought the charger and realized when I booted it up, it had a Bios password. I called up the person I ought it off of, he told me he had no idea, his kid did it somehow! :(
I've tried..
- Taking out the CMOS battery
- Backdoor passwords
Neither one worked. I've seen online that Im not the only person with this problem..
Any help and any ideas would greatly be appreciated!
NataliaatAW
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October 10th, 2012 10:00
Those are the only two things I can think of that would reset the password on that system. Maybe if you try a power drain while the CMOS battery is out?
NovisCompNerd
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October 10th, 2012 11:00
I could only find a couple backdoor passwords
-phoenix
-PHOENIX
-CMOS
-admin
-ADMIN
Any other ideas?
Ill try a complete power drain when I get home.
I heard something about holding down the power button to reset it on start up like on the macbook pro.
Do you think that would work??
flux1
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October 20th, 2012 12:00