How to recover a BIOS password?

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Specifically a Phoenix BIOS password.

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '09 at 01:41

Try CmosPwd from http://www.cgsecurity.org/

If that doesn't work, there's sometimes a 'backdoor' password built in to the BIOS. Try BIOS, CMOS, phoenix, PHOENIX.

Finally, there might be a BIOS reset button or jumper on the motherboard. Or take the CMOS battery out for a while.

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 11 '09 at 01:45

you can't really 'recover' a BIOS password, either you find the aforementioned backdoor/universal password for this particular BIOS (not all of them have one.) or you'll have to reset the CMOS which will clear the BIOS password. refer to your mainboard manual.

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 11 '09 at 01:42

BIOS' sometimes have backdoor passwords. Some that may have been used for a Pheonix bios include: BIOS, CMOS, phoenix, and PHOENIX

Alternatively, you could open the computer and remove the CMOS battery, as well as physically unplug the computer, then wait a minute. This should reset the BIOS to factory defaults.

How to recover a BIOS password?

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