Hi everybody (sorry for my approximative english, I'm french)
I come here because i have a very big problem (obviously the same as skypine27) hoping that you may have some advices or solutions...
I was considering an upgrade for my Amilo Xi1547 and I bought 2x2Go of ram last year, but I discovered that the Fujitsu Bioses only support 2.5Go. I was searching on the net over one year before I've found the AlienWare w5790 bios flash.
So I flashed my amilo with the m5790 bios. Everything ran fine during the flash and the laptop rebooted normaly with the alienware logo on the first screen, but after that, i discover a message asking me a password to access the bios AND to boot normally without bios access. In fact, I haven't seen your messages before and I let a password on the bios access. I've tried to enter my password again and again, believing a bad joke and considering easy to recall parameters or finding something on the web for reseting the Bios but after 2 weeks, i've found nothing to disable theses passwords (one for the bios wich's different from mine, and one for the boot).
I've called Fujitsu's hotline with my bill to ensure that my laptop was clear, without telling them about the alienware bios, but the guy said to me that it was impossible to clear the password and the only solution was to change the mainboard or find an illegal software to break the password( I've tried cmospwd 5.0, but it's impossible because my laptop don't boot on anything : floppy, CD, disk or whatelse)...
After that I found on internet a guy with an Amilo Pi 1536 who had, one day without explanation, a password on the boot (it seems to be a very rare bug). He called FSC hotline but they told him the same bul... like me, until he wrote to FSC mediation service. He was recalled by an FSC technical service to bring his laptop for repairing and the technician explain him that there is a secret combination of keys during the boot to clear the password. So I don't know what I can do today. I can't bring my amilo to the FSC helpdesk with the alienWare logo on the boot, so I come to ask you if you may have any solution. To be honest, I don't know if there is a solution but as skypine27 give the notice, i hope that anyone may know something about leaving a password during a flash...
So, many many thanks in advance and in fact, just for replying and to learn something new.
thanks for all your help so far, as soon as i have done the deed i will let you know if it worked ok (or ask for more help if it didnt 
