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How can I locate the Motherboard Jumper for HP PAVILION ENVY laptops. Specifically the s017cl laptop. I need to perform a CMOS password reset but I can't find the Jumper for the Motherboard located anywhere upon opening the system. I tried looking it up online but I got nothing.
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I was hoping to reset the BIOS password so I could reinstall windows from a drive. couldn't get the Jumper. I loaded my hard-drive in a another pc to fix and re-install window,then loaded it in my pc and it recognised the newly installed windows(though I still don't know what my BIOS password is... couldn't care less since everything is back in order).
LiNKeR
Posted 2019-02-05T20:48:56.377
Reputation: 105
If you are trying to reset a bios password, that won't work. Find the cmos battery and disconnect it for a few minutes, then immediately enter the bios and set date and time. – Moab – 2019-02-05T21:48:27.950
@Moab I tried the option of removing the CMOS battery and then holding the power button for some time in order to discharge the capacitors but that didn't work. The bios still had the password – LiNKeR – 2019-02-06T04:00:55.693
That is because password is not stored in the bios chip. Enter a wrong password 3 times, does it output a code? if so post it. – Moab – 2019-02-06T04:48:02.210
@Moab " system disabled
[i 15312926]" is what it displays – LiNKeR – 2019-02-06T19:31:51.767Try 00070308 as the master password after restarting the laptop. – Moab – 2019-02-06T21:00:52.323
@Moab not working – LiNKeR – 2019-02-06T21:14:19.477
@Moab If may; How did you come about that being the master password – LiNKeR – 2019-02-06T21:15:51.183
https://bios-pw.org/ – Moab – 2019-02-07T00:18:29.887
is the Hash Code/Serial example meant to be appended before the generated password or what does that refer to – LiNKeR – 2019-02-07T04:01:53.953
not sure, never saw a code like yours before, probably why it did not work. – Moab – 2019-02-07T05:49:36.153