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  1. werder

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    anyone know how to fix the bios password on the panasonic tough book cf-19, tried taking the mother board battery leaving it for a week still nothing, heard you can remove the bios chip, but dont know where it is situated, can anyone help plz??.
     
    werder, Oct 23, 2009
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    Is it set to boot from CD first or Hard drive?
     
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    Re flash the BIOS using a bootable CD and a USB stick with the BIOS executable on it. Assuming your CD is your first boot. Removing the BIOS chip is going to make the unit non functional.
     
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    it hasent got a disc drive
     
    werder, Oct 24, 2009
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    If the password is store on an eeprom. The battery trick won't work.
    You will need to contact Panasonic and get a master password for your model. The BIOS maker would also have this info.
     
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    will they just give me the master pass word i herd they charge a lot of money to sort it
     
    werder, Oct 26, 2009
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    If they do charge a lot. You can look around the net for free BIOS passwords or a unlocking service will cost about $40.
     
    sodaman, Oct 26, 2009
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    thanks for your help i email panasonic
     
    werder, Oct 30, 2009
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