OT:Reset Toshiba BIOS password?

[Craig White]

On Sat, 2007-03-10 at 19:13 -0700, Alan Dayley wrote:
> I am lost today.  My new notebook won't let me in!  The long story is
> below.  To sum up, the BIOS password is now set to an unknown value. 
> Anyone have any thoughts on how to clear this password without voiding the
> warranty?  If not, I must wait till Monday to take it into the authorized
> repair place.
> 
> Long Story
> 
> I left the computer on all night, as I have done before.  This morning the
> LEDs were all lit as expected, not blinking and the screen was blank, as
> usual.  However, the computer was completely unresponsive.  No key press
> or mouse movement would bring life to the screen.
> 
> Holding the power button for 4 seconds turned off the power.  On reboot
> the BIOS gave two errors:
> 
> WARNING
> 0251: System CMOS checksum bad - Default configuration used
> ERROR
> 0280: Previous boot incomplete - Default configuration used
> 
> Press <F1> to resume, <F2> to setup
> 
> This is where I made the mistake for immediate recovery, I think.  I
> pressed F1 to resume.  It next asked for the BIOS password, which I had
> never set.  Clank!  I'm locked out by an unknown password. (Note to self:
> ALWAYS PRESS F2!)  Anyway, here I sit using web mail on the desktop with
> all my data inaccessible on the laptop.  Not a good day in this regard.
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I would suspect that if you hold the power button and shut it down, you
will get the same question again which would allow for the F2 answer but
it wouldn't have made any difference because something else happened.

Craig