I work for the school disctrict as computer repair. I have 2 hp nx9010's that i cannot boot because the students put passwords on both of them, bios password, boot password, and hard drive lock (but i can get around that with a new hdd). I tried removing the cmos battery and leaving it overnight, ive tried pretty much everything and i was just hoping someone knew how to decipher hash codes and/or new if there was a specific dip switch somewhere or jumper to reset it.

11/23/2008 2:19:05 AM

http://forums11.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?admit=109447626+1227424819821+28353475&threadId=303947

Quote :

"0. remove AC power 1. remove system battery (primary and multibay if present) 2. remove harddrive from harddrive bay 3. remove Multibay Devices from multibay 4. remove small round battery pill 3.3V, located under a cover on left side of touchpad. Remove cover gently (is no need to remove keyboard, but cover is removable with some power...) Delicate unplug small conector with cables leading to battery, 5. wait 5 minutes 6. connect AC power 7. Turn on computer unit (BIOS gets a few errors = date, time, mismatch etc. no need to panic, if everything is ok then get into computer setup pressing F10, change existing setup values as needed, if ok power down computer. 8. unplug AC power 9. Plug small battery into motherboard 10. install Hdd and multibay devices 11. Install system batteries 12. Power Up computer, there should be no password anymore"

so does no one know how to use google anymore? this was the second result...

11/23/2008 2:20:22 AM

http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=hp+nx9010+bios+password+reset

11/23/2008 2:27:39 AM

^I came here to post that

11/23/2008 3:00:34 AM

I have tried that already, quote: "I tried removing the cmos battery and leaving it overnight". it didnt work, i was hoping for something more specific

11/23/2008 3:41:03 AM

and just so you know, there is no cover for on either side of the touchpad, its one sheet. The only battery is directly under the keyboard.

11/23/2008 3:42:46 AM

Did you follow steps 6-whatever though?


Just pulling the cmos battery doesn't reset it. You have to turn it on while plugged into ac power to do that.


This is basic computer shit 101 right here, man.

11/23/2008 10:15:51 AM

the question is why the hell didnt you have a password on the bios to prevent the little shits from doing this to you in the first place?

11/23/2008 3:06:57 PM

hum there's a reset jumper on most that i've had to reset..

11/23/2008 4:39:58 PM