AAO bios password reset

georanma

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• Jul 25, 2009

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Anyone have any experince or know about the bios password reset on the acer aspire one? I have disassembled the unit and found the supposed short point, but after a number of times having my dad help me short it, my 40 dollar netbook has not reset the password.

 

Jolly-Swagman

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• Jul 25, 2009

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Take the M/B battery out and Clear CMOS

 

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georanma

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• Jul 25, 2009

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do you know where it is at on the aspire one?

 

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I dont believe there is a cmos battery. Its not ontop of the mobo and the diagrams ive seen dont show one on the bottom. Maybe I need to investigate further. This user manual I found, it says this g1 spot on the top of the board is the bios clear. So far no luck in shorting it out. Not sure why its not working.

 

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THIS is the best I have been able to find on the issue.

 

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Been trying the short method to no avail thus far. Not sure where the battery is. I see one spot that could be it. But i cant figure out how to get it out.

 

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• Jul 26, 2009

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So, I got the bios reset. Now, even though I did it like 2 or 3 times with windows 7, I cant seem to make a bootable usb with ubuntu. Finally following a guide posted on ubuntu. Hopefully everything will work again. I dont want to have wasted this petty amount of cash.


edit: ubuntu installed. left click doesnt work on the touch pad or with a usb mouse.

 

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georanma

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• Jul 27, 2009

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Got ubunt loaded up last night. Now the left click isnt working....even with a usb mouse. Ideas guys?

edit: Its the same with the live disk, and it must have worked when I installed, or I wouldnt hvae got that far.

 

Last edited: Jul 27, 2009

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loaded up easy peasy, and Im not able to get the touch pad and buttons to work. The wifi card also works, so I didnt need the one I got for 5 bucks from a dude in SH/SC in the somethingawful forums.