Acer 5100 Bios password reset?
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From: Mike on 7 Apr 2008 23:24 I won a laptop on Ebay and I want to reinstall the OS. Unfortunately the Bios is password protected and i am not having any luck getting responses from the previous owner. This unit has the Phoenix TrustedCore version 1.51 bios. Most likely Acer may have done its own version of this. I tried the 000000 password reset and that did not work per instruction from Acer tech support. Now they want me to send the unit in and charge me $100.00. I am trying to avoid that. Any help would be greatly appreciated. http://www.myspace.com/michaelhfell http://www.myspace.com/mfell Regards Mike
From: Don Phillipson on 8 Apr 2008 11:37 "Mike" <2112(a)REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message news:osolv39056f6dkn8734bgu1argrbjs4orn(a)4ax.com... > I won a laptop on Ebay and I want to reinstall the OS. Unfortunately > the Bios is password protected and i am not having any luck getting > responses from the previous owner. This unit has the Phoenix > TrustedCore version 1.51 bios. Most likely Acer may have done its own > version of this. I tried the 000000 password reset and that did not > work per instruction from Acer tech support. Now they want me to send > the unit in and charge me $100.00. I am trying to avoid that. Any > help would be greatly appreciated. In order to induce the vendor to respond, initiate eBay's return policy, because the goods are not fit for use as offered. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada)
From: Mike on 8 Apr 2008 17:58 On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:37:25 -0400, "Don Phillipson" <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote: >"Mike" <2112(a)REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message >news:osolv39056f6dkn8734bgu1argrbjs4orn(a)4ax.com... > >> I won a laptop on Ebay and I want to reinstall the OS. Unfortunately >> the Bios is password protected and i am not having any luck getting >> responses from the previous owner. This unit has the Phoenix >> TrustedCore version 1.51 bios. Most likely Acer may have done its own >> version of this. I tried the 000000 password reset and that did not >> work per instruction from Acer tech support. Now they want me to send >> the unit in and charge me $100.00. I am trying to avoid that. Any >> help would be greatly appreciated. > >In order to induce the vendor to respond, initiate eBay's >return policy, because the goods are not fit for use as offered. Here is the link to the auction. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250230720285&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015 He seems to be a nice guy based on the fact he left me positive feedback as soon as i paid for the item. He states in the auction he is selling it "As is as a parts or repair unit". That said I wish he would have told me the Bios and the recovery process is password protected and gave them to me after I paid for the item. I really can't complain too much though based on what i paid for it although I would be willing to fix it if i could only get to the Bios. http://www.myspace.com/michaelhfell http://www.myspace.com/mfell Regards Mike
From: Jerry on 8 Apr 2008 19:25 "Mike" <2112(a)REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message news:naqnv35im3d4a33fd0fusa66lhsiv9agrt(a)4ax.com... > On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:37:25 -0400, "Don Phillipson" > <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote: > >>"Mike" <2112(a)REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message >>news:osolv39056f6dkn8734bgu1argrbjs4orn(a)4ax.com... >> >>> I won a laptop on Ebay and I want to reinstall the OS. Unfortunately >>> the Bios is password protected and i am not having any luck getting >>> responses from the previous owner. This unit has the Phoenix >>> TrustedCore version 1.51 bios. Most likely Acer may have done its own >>> version of this. I tried the 000000 password reset and that did not >>> work per instruction from Acer tech support. Now they want me to send >>> the unit in and charge me $100.00. I am trying to avoid that. Any >>> help would be greatly appreciated. >> >>In order to induce the vendor to respond, initiate eBay's >>return policy, because the goods are not fit for use as offered. > > Here is the link to the auction. > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250230720285&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015 > > He seems to be a nice guy based on the fact he left me positive > feedback as soon as i paid for the item. He states in the auction he > is selling it "As is as a parts or repair unit". That said I wish he > would have told me the Bios and the recovery process is password > protected and gave them to me after I paid for the item. I really > can't complain too much though based on what i paid for it although I > would be willing to fix it if i could only get to the Bios. I'm not defending the seller but in all honesty he probably doesn't have a clue as to what the bios password is.
From: BillW50 on 11 Apr 2008 20:36
In news:47fbfee2$0$16656$4c368faf(a)roadrunner.com, Jerry typed on Tue, 8 Apr 2008 19:25:23 -0400: > "Mike" <2112(a)REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message > news:naqnv35im3d4a33fd0fusa66lhsiv9agrt(a)4ax.com... >> On Tue, 8 Apr 2008 11:37:25 -0400, "Don Phillipson" >> <e925(a)SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote: >> >>> "Mike" <2112(a)REMOVETHISyahoo.com> wrote in message >>> news:osolv39056f6dkn8734bgu1argrbjs4orn(a)4ax.com... >>> >>>> I won a laptop on Ebay and I want to reinstall the OS. >>>> Unfortunately the Bios is password protected and i am not having >>>> any luck getting responses from the previous owner. This unit has >>>> the Phoenix TrustedCore version 1.51 bios. Most likely Acer may >>>> have done its own version of this. I tried the 000000 password >>>> reset and that did not work per instruction from Acer tech >>>> support. Now they want me to send the unit in and charge me >>>> $100.00. I am trying to avoid that. Any help would be greatly >>>> appreciated. >>> >>> In order to induce the vendor to respond, initiate eBay's >>> return policy, because the goods are not fit for use as offered. >> >> Here is the link to the auction. >> >> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=250230720285&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=015 >> >> He seems to be a nice guy based on the fact he left me positive >> feedback as soon as i paid for the item. He states in the auction he >> is selling it "As is as a parts or repair unit". That said I wish he >> would have told me the Bios and the recovery process is password >> protected and gave them to me after I paid for the item. I really >> can't complain too much though based on what i paid for it although I >> would be willing to fix it if i could only get to the Bios. > > I'm not defending the seller but in all honesty he probably doesn't > have a clue as to what the bios password is. I'm thinking that the seller is really nice because it is a stolen laptop. And they are happy to get any money for a password protected stolen laptop. :-( -- Bill |