BIOS Supervisor Password Needs To Be Cleared

Discussion in 'Acer Aspire One' started by Quaestor, Sep 24, 2014.

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    Quaestor

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    My mother gave me an Acer AspireOne 725-0687 netbook running Windows 8. The installed RAM is only 2GB, which makes Windows 8 run very slowly. I'd like to install Linux, but I can't because the computer is locked into Safe Boot mode. I can't change this because there's a supervisor password. I asked mom about this but she doesn't know anything about it. Does anyone here know how to this password. Many computers have a jumper that will clear the BIOS, but I haven't found any information about this Acer.
     
    Quaestor, Sep 24, 2014
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    Brian8gbSSDLinux

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    You will have to take the back off the laptop -
    Video here...


    Then remove the CMOS battery... or if you can see the Jumper... shown in this video (with How to)...



    Hope that sorts out your problem.
     
    Brian8gbSSDLinux, Sep 28, 2014
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