6Plug in the power adapter while keeping the screwdriver on the gap, and press the power button to turn on the notebook.
7After the BIOS POST has finished, remove the tool from the gap.
8Restart the notebook. Press the F2 key to enter the BIOS Setup Utility.
If are not prompted for a password, then the BIOS passwords have been cleared.
If you are prompted for a password, repeat the procedure.
Note: This procedure only clears the BIOS password (Supervisor password and User password). It does not clear a hard drive password.
9Reassemble the notebook.
BIOS Recovery by Crisis Diskette
BIOS Recovery Boot Block
BIOS Recovery Boot Block is a special block of BIOS. It is used to boot up the notebook with minimum BIOS initialization. Users can enable this feature to restore the BIOS firmware to a successful one once the previous BIOS flashing process failed.
BIOS Recovery Hotkey
The notebook provides a function hotkey: Fn+Esc, to enable BIOS Recovery process when notebook is powered on during BIOS POST. If this function is enabled, the notebook forces the BIOS to enter a special BIOS block, called Boot Block.
Important: To use this function, it is strongly recommended that you have the AC adapter plugged in and a charged battery in the battery bay.
Creating a Crisis Diskette
Before completing this procedure you should prepare a Crisis Diskette. The Crisis Diskette could be made by executing the Crisis Disk program in another notebook <Athena: Can it be any notebook or does it need to be an Acer notebook? Does it need to have a similar BIOS?> with Windows XP OS.
BIOS Recovery using a Crisis Diskette
To complete a BIOS Recovery using a Crisis Diskette:
1Turn off the notebook.
2Connect a USB diskette drive to the notebook, then insert the Crisis Diskette into the drive.
3With the notebook turned off, press and hold Fn+Esc, then press the power button. The notebook should start with Crisis BIOS Recovery process running.
BIOS Boot Block restores the BIOS code from the Crisis Diskette to the BIOS ROM on the notebook.
4The notebook automatically restarts after the Crisis flashing process is finished.
The notebook should have a working BIOS. At this point, a user can update the BIOS to the latest version using the regular BIOS flashing process.
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