But check out that five-digit number in the picture. That’s a checksum of the password. Some BIOS versions display it automatically, some require you to hold down a certain key during POST ...

In his line of work, Instructables user [Harrymatic] sees a lot of Toshiba laptops come across his desk, some of which are protected with a BIOS password. Typically, in order to make it past the ...

like "CLEAR," "CLRPWD," or even "PASSWORD." It's often right next to the BIOS chip or the CMOS battery, and shorting it is another way to reset the CMOS. That sounds more daunting than it actually ...

Enable this feature if you want the system to clear this data during the Power ... Security Option: This feature lets you password-protect the BIOS to prevent unauthorized users from making ...