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Lost My Password Gateway 7422gx Laptop

post #1 of 6
4/9/05 at 1:55pm
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Hi everyone i called gateway and they will not tell me how to get inside my cmos battery to reset my password that i lost. can anyone help me on how to reset my cmos password on a gateway 7422GX laptop? they told me to take it to where i purchase it from and let them reset it. i really dont want to do that. on my desktop all i had to do was remove the cmos battery and short out across to solder points and replace the battery and it was easy.
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post #2 of 6
4/9/05 at 6:20pm
Try some of the backdoor passwords: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&l...rd&btnG=Search

Most are case sensitive. I don't know if any will work on these machines, but worth a shot.
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post #3 of 6
4/9/05 at 7:25pm
Yes, click my "got flicker" and follow my ram guide. It will get you far enough inside the laptop to gain access to the cmos battery.
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post #4 of 6
4/10/05 at 4:01am
there's a program called KILLCMOS, which will erase any CMOS password (BIOS Accesing password, not admin password to boot the machine). Just google it, and put it on a floppy drive or bootable CD. Run the program and VOILA! no more CMOS PASS.

Hope it helps,

Toyz
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post #5 of 6
4/15/05 at 12:46am
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cmos battery in 7422 gx laptop

i got to the cmos battery a pulled it out how long does it have to stay out of the computer? is there a way to drain it faster? someone told me to find a j7b1 jumper block and move the 1-2 pins to the 3-4 pins and restart the comp. and reset the 3-4 pins to 1-2 pins but i cant find a j7b1 jumper block.
thanks all huston
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post #6 of 6
4/22/05 at 1:02am
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Originally Posted by hlloyd1231
i got to the cmos battery a pulled it out how long does it have to stay out of the computer? is there a way to drain it faster? someone told me to find a j7b1 jumper block and move the 1-2 pins to the 3-4 pins and restart the comp. and reset the 3-4 pins to 1-2 pins but i cant find a j7b1 jumper block.
thanks all huston

The point to not to drain the battery but to force the sys board bios circuit to open which releases any non-default settings. Open circuit=forgetful bios.
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