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carl13
February 1st, 2006, 12:40 AM
I am trying to tweak a few things on a friend's ancient computer. It is a Packard Bell 2100. The PC's bios has an admin password which without, you can only view the bios. You must be admin to make any changes. The friend does not know what a bios is much less the password. I googled and read that "bell9" was a default admin password but it did not work. Is there anyway to view or change the admin bios password? Without it I can't even change the boot order. Currently, the boot sequence is floppy then HD. I am trying to get it to boot from a CD.
TechSonic
February 1st, 2006, 12:44 AM
Remove the clock battery and leave it sit over night. Put it back in when you wake up and all the CMOS will be cleared 'Bios Reset'. Either that you punch random stuff up before the password diolog comes up and eventually you might hit the bypass combo. At least the random thing works on Gateway comps.
carl13
February 1st, 2006, 12:46 AM
thanks for the quick reply, I will try that tonight and see what happens
kingsidy
February 1st, 2006, 12:49 AM
i think the ultimate boot cd has a tool to reset the bios password, or to crack it something like that. i am not sure but you can look into it
TechSonic
February 1st, 2006, 12:59 AM
It's just a shame he can't get boot order done to use that CD. ;)


hey look, I'm useful around here after all! It may not pertain to Ubuntu issues, but at least I can help with Hardware related!
carl13
February 2nd, 2006, 12:05 AM
I removed the battery last night and replaced it today. Password gone. Problem solved!

However, the bios does not recognize the cd drive. Again this is an old PB2100. Someone has replaced the original cd-rom with a newer one at some point. I tried to get the bios to autodetect it but had no luck. The cd-rom does work in Windows (again not my pc). So, is there a problem with the bios or is this due to proprietary issues with using a non-Packard Bell cd-rom in a Packard Bell PC?
orange1
August 21st, 2009, 02:52 PM
hi, i have this same problem but thing is i cant get the back off my laptop :')
it's a packard bell, any ideas?
hessiess
August 21st, 2009, 02:55 PM
hi, i have this same problem but thing is i cant get the back off my laptop :')
it's a packard bell, any ideas?

Dont bump old threads.
LowSky
August 21st, 2009, 02:55 PM
you need to pull the cmos battery, get a screwdriver... sorry only option