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Question posted by blitzer on June 7th, 2017

Satellite S55t-b5260 Unknown Factory Bios Password/cannot Access Computer

Laptop: Toshiba Satellite S55t - B5260MOBO: DA0BLNMB8D0 rev DAfter replacing video cable to a fix black screen issue on a friend's computer, laptop boots, then says 'System time and date reset', then asks for password. I asked my friend about the password, and he says he never set anything to his knowledge. After 3 tries system shuts down. No CMOS battery is easily visible or related markers on MOBO. So 2 things:1) Why did the time/date get reset?2) Does anyone have ideas / experience with this model family or similar? I haven't found anything specific to this model on the internet so far. I've got a few shots of the mobo if someone can pick something out. I've found a few 'tips' on this sort of issue on the web, but a lot of it is fairly old or does not specify when it was posted.Any ideas are appreciated, this is incredibly annoying to be locked out of the system by the maker (apparently)...

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Answer #1: Posted by blitzer on June 9th, 2017 12:28 PM

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Issue solved by making some educated guesses on what the code might be. It was " ". Seriously, 4 spaces, that's what it was. Lesson learned I guess, after buying a laptop check the bios/supervisor password immediately to see if there is one, then get it using tools that can only work when you can specify the boot order / get to the OS.

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