creese Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 We have been given some hp xw4600 workstations. Some have a BIOS password so I cannot get them to start up on CD/DVD. Does anyone know how to reset the bios? The most promising sites are blocked here.
Chuckster Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Yank out the CMOS battery and that should do the trick 1
creese Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 (edited) Thanks, that's done the job EDIT: May have spoken too soon... leaving it out while I shoot off for an appointment. Edited September 15, 2011 by creese
sonofsanta Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Thanks, that's done the job EDIT: May have spoken too soon... leaving it out while I shoot off for an appointment. You need to faff with the password jumper as well - HP manual is @ http://h50146.www5.hp.com/lib/doc/manual/workstation/hp_workstation/WS_UG_xw4600_STRG_453080-001_screen.pdf if you can get to it, and page 149 has the specific procedure you need. PM if you can't get to the PDF and I'll e-mail it to you, 6.7mb big so might need to be a GMail jobbie 1
3s-gtech Posted September 15, 2011 Posted September 15, 2011 Yeah, the HPs tend to store the password even when the BIOS has been run down. Good thing really.
creese Posted September 15, 2011 Author Posted September 15, 2011 Okay... I'm back... not sure if it was the battery being left out or the holding down the CMOS button but I'm in. Thanks for the advice.
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