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04-01-2009 8:40 PM
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any experts out there
thanks
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04-01-2009 8:49 PM
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04-01-2009 8:52 PM
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04-01-2009 9:08 PM
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Anyway.. I discovered that removing the battery doesn't work on laptops. The manufacturers worked out that stolen laptops could be easily reset using this method and sold on to unsuspecting people so they stopped this being possible.
I also tried every back door password possible for my bios. None worked. Tried software recovery, none worked.
In short it turned out to be a motherboard return or replace. Needless to say I just lumped it and continued using it. The only problem was I couldn't change the boot device priority. Didn't really matter.... about a year later it died... (over heating, dodgy battery connector, charger socket, cracked screen, HDD packed up and the keyboard was also becoming a bit shot too!). The only good bits left of it are now the motherboard, optical drive, processor and heatsink/fan!
Good luck!
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04-01-2009 9:47 PM
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I have spent a day on google trying all of those but to no avail.
Re: bios
04-01-2009 11:11 PM
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Re: bios
04-01-2009 11:40 PM
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Absolute bugger to split to remove battery. No pins visible to short.
Just going to admit defeat and leave back to customer.
Re: bios
05-01-2009 12:53 AM
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Re: bios
05-01-2009 2:14 AM
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You could perhaps use an external hard disk (USB) - possibly the one you can't access now???
Once you have repaired your Vista, you could re-assemble the bits.
"In The Beginning Was The Word, And The Word Was Aardvark."
Re: bios
05-01-2009 7:42 AM
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Re: bios
05-01-2009 10:15 AM
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https://www.synapsenow.com/synapse/data/7117/documents/Acer%20eSettings%20Management.pdf
says
"Supervisor password
If you check the Enable box, a password is required before entering BIOS. Click
Set New Password to define the password. If you forget your password, you will
need to take your computer to an Acer Customer Service Center."
Later addition, see:
http://www.motherboardpoint.com/t133868-old-acer-extensa-367d-password-protected.html
Regards,
Neil
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05-01-2009 3:50 PM
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05-01-2009 4:39 PM
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You are on the right track. I put the drive in my own laptop then booted off a BartPe XP build disk.
I was then able to access the drive and replace the corrupt files.
Put disk back in original laptop and hey presto fixed.
Thanks to all for your help
Re: bios
05-01-2009 9:04 PM
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Re: bios
05-01-2009 10:14 PM
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Quote from: newmillscomp StickyMick
You are on the right track. I put the drive in my own laptop then booted off a BartPe XP build disk.
I was then able to access the drive and replace the corrupt files.
Put disk back in original laptop and hey presto fixed.
Thanks to all for your help
Glad you got it sorted in the end.
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