Acer AS8950G Laptop User Manual


 
2-20 System Utilities
Removing BIOS Passwords 0
If wrong supervisor password is entered three times, the message System will halt! is
displayed on screen.
Figure 2-19. Supervisor Password Error
If user is unable to obtain correct password then it must be removed. There are two methods
to do this.
Method 1: 0
If BIOS menu item Power on Password is set to Enabled, then Crisis Recovery disc
must be used.
Method 2: 0
If BIOS menu item Power on Password is set to Disabled.
1. Boot to DOS and execute ClearSuPw.exe. (Figure 2-20)
Figure 2-20. Clear Supervisor Password Utility
2. When message Clear the SU Pws completely is displayed, supervisor password
has been removed.