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Refurb AspireOne netbook has bios password

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Nov 5, 2004
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Chatham

Refurb AspireOne netbook has bios password

Hi guys,
i recently bought a refurbished Acer AspireOne notebook off tigerdirect.
they ran out of the one i ordered (120gb) and sent me a 160gb model instead, and the battery performance is great too, so im happy with my purchase.

The only downside is, that i recently found out that it has a bios password.
This doesnt prevent me from accessing the boot-device menu though (where you specify to boot off hd/flash/etc) as its a different menu.

i tried flashing the bios with a newer version but the password still seems to be there.

I only have 3 months (like 2 months left now) of warranty, and other than the bios password, the netbook is perfectly functional.

What do you guys think i should do about it?
thanks
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SinCron wrote: I'd suggest finding the jumper to reset it but how the hell you do that in a lappy, I dunno.
You unscrew the thing and uninstall the keyboard. Underneath that you should have access to most of the mobo.
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