How do I reset the Mobo password on a HP n600c laptop?

I just got an old N600C that has an unknown password that prevents me
from getting into the CMOS setup. How do I reset it?

I want to put in a new, larger disk. If I can't get into CMOS, will it
still autoconfig the new disk?

TIA


--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

It will probably accept the disk without going into CMOS at all.

Resetting the password is supposed to be a secret, and often even if we
know (in this case I don't) we won't tell you because you may be a thief
trying to get into a stolen laptop. Every laptop is potentially
different. For example, on Toshiba laptops (where I generally do know
how to reset the passwords), there are about a dozen different ways of
doing it and it gets very model-specific.


Al Dykes wrote:
> I just got an old N600C that has an unknown password that prevents me
> from getting into the CMOS setup. How do I reset it?
>
> I want to put in a new, larger disk. If I can't get into CMOS, will it
> still autoconfig the new disk?
>
> TIA
>
>
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In article <6782f$48868cd1$25386@news.teranews.com>,
Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>It will probably accept the disk without going into CMOS at all.
>
>Resetting the password is supposed to be a secret, and often even if we
>know (in this case I don't) we won't tell you because you may be a thief
>trying to get into a stolen laptop. Every laptop is potentially
>different. For example, on Toshiba laptops (where I generally do know
>how to reset the passwords), there are about a dozen different ways of
>doing it and it gets very model-specific.
>



Having worked in BigCorp and managed a flock of hundreds of Dell and
Toshiba laptops for a cpip[le years, I would accept no less as the
official answer. It doesn't hurt to ask.

Were I to bring it into an authorized HP service shop with my HP proof
of purchase, can a technician reset the MOBO password for me for a few
bucks?





--
Al Dykes
News is something someone wants to suppress, everything else is advertising.
- Lord Northcliffe, publisher of the Daily Mail

Re: "Were I to bring it into an authorized HP service shop with my HP
proof of purchase, can a technician reset the MOBO password for me for a
few bucks?"

Hard to say. Toshiba has different "levels" of repair centers. The
higher levels can reset a password (in all cases), the lower levels
can't [I don't know about HP; but there is a way to get it reset, even
if it means shipping the laptop to a "factory" center]. That leaves
charges, and depending on the circumstances, could be anything from free
to $100 or more. To get an absolutely specific answer, instead of
asking a newsgroup, ask HP.


Al Dykes wrote:
> In article <6782f$48868cd1$25386@news.teranews.com>,
> Barry Watzman <WatzmanNOSPAM@neo.rr.com> wrote:
>> It will probably accept the disk without going into CMOS at all.
>>
>> Resetting the password is supposed to be a secret, and often even if we
>> know (in this case I don't) we won't tell you because you may be a thief
>> trying to get into a stolen laptop. Every laptop is potentially
>> different. For example, on Toshiba laptops (where I generally do know
>> how to reset the passwords), there are about a dozen different ways of
>> doing it and it gets very model-specific.
>>
>
>
>
> Having worked in BigCorp and managed a flock of hundreds of Dell and
> Toshiba laptops for a cpip[le years, I would accept no less as the
> official answer. It doesn't hurt to ask.
>
> Were I to bring it into an authorized HP service shop with my HP proof
> of purchase, can a technician reset the MOBO password for me for a few
> bucks?
>
>
>
>
>
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