Remove Bios Password satellite A305-s6872
Hi, I am trying to find out how to remove the bios password for satellite A305-s6872 but I am having hard time finding the pins whatever is called to short out the cmos to get rid of the BIOS password. I did it on another toshiba laptop but I cant find it on this model. Can you please help
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You will not be able to flash the bios as Depwell has described if your notebook already has a password in place. You must move beyond the Bios POST before the motherboard will allow any I/O with devices. It's technically feasible if you're able to use a PCI POST Card, but this model does not have any available port to accept one.
If you cannot find the reset pins try to find the CMOS 3V battery, it is usually located under the keyboard, and disconnect it. remove the computer battery and then start the computer. When you boot it should ask you for the time and date. At this point shut down and plug the CMOS battery back in and reinstall the computer battery. This time when it ask for the time and date go ahead and enter it and the rest of the bios should be set to default.
Hi,
One thing I forgot to mention before was to make sure you have all the power disconneted (cmos batt, computer batt. and power supply) and then hold the power button in for 20-30 seconds.
As far as the location of the jumper it should be under the keyboard usually toward the top of the motherboard and is marked cmosrst, rst or something close to that. It might also be a rocker type switch but it should still be marked.
Here is a link to the Toshiba Website to the latest bios update. Sometimes when you flash to the latest bios it will reset you password to no password. This bios was released in January 2010.