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gowest · January 26th, 2009, 11:32 AM

I aquired an Acer Travelmate 4010 from my company when they went out of business. Due to all the stuff they had on it and removed from it, I need to reformat the hard drive.

When I went to the bios, wouldn't you know it, they password protected it.
Of course I don't have a clue what it is or could be.

Acer wants me to take it to one of their dealers and pay over 100 for they to fix it.

I know that All I have to do is remove the cmos battery for a short time and the password will go away.

I took the back off of my laptop and could not find the cmos battery. Can anyone tell me where it is? I am at my wits end with this crazy computer and am about ready to use it for target practice.

January 26th, 2009, 11:32 AM	#1 (permalink)
gowest Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 8	Laptop Woes I aquired an Acer Travelmate 4010 from my company when they went out of business. Due to all the stuff they had on it and removed from it, I need to reformat the hard drive. When I went to the bios, wouldn't you know it, they password protected it. Of course I don't have a clue what it is or could be. Acer wants me to take it to one of their dealers and pay over 100 for they to fix it. I know that All I have to do is remove the cmos battery for a short time and the password will go away. I took the back off of my laptop and could not find the cmos battery. Can anyone tell me where it is? I am at my wits end with this crazy computer and am about ready to use it for target practice.