After reading the following thread I found myself going to HP and the following link to see what the service manual had to say (even though it is claimed that the manual says nothing about resetting the BIOS Administrative Password). On initial search of the "book" I noted there was no obvious entry for this topic (nothing under BIOS at least). All you have to do is take a look at the topic "Password, Clearing" and viola!
Here is a cut and paste from page 1-13 of the manual you will find at his address:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00291000/c00291000.pdf?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN
Here is the text for those who don't want to bother finding yourself copied directly from the HP document itself:
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1.3 Clearing a Password If the notebook you are servicing has an unknown password, follow these steps to clear the password. These steps also clear CMOS: 1. Prepare the notebook for disassembly (refer to Section “5.3 Preparing the Notebook for Disassembly” for more information). 2. Remove the real time clock (RTC) battery (refer to Section “5.20 RTC Battery”). 3. Wait approximately five minutes. 4. Replace the RTC battery and reassemble the notebook. 5. Connect AC power to the notebook. Do not reinsert any battery packs at this time. 6. Turn on the notebook. All passwords and all CMOS settings have been cleared.
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Now I can hear you asking...Okay! But does it work?
YES. I just did it with one of my nc6000 and it worked like a charm.
Remember...it's not that you have to know all of the answers...it that you have to know where to go to get the answers! That is the key!!
Fly low, beat the radar and may the wind at your back not be your own...
--RF
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