Hi everyone.
So a client brought me their lenovo y510 laptop a few days ago. Hard drive password protected and bios password protected. Called Lenovo, they basically wanted to replace the security chip and the hard drive and reimage a vista. (Sounded like $500ish, so I said screw that)
Used every attempt I could to crack the bios. No show. Accidentally cleared the cmos, so now when it boots up, it says
"CMOS Date/Time Not Set" F2 to Run Setup
F1 to load default values.
I replaced the hard drive and had it all running fine with a fresh copy of Windows 7, but the error remained and we couldn't get into bios. Basically, she had to hit F1 and hit enter 3 times(invalid password), then "Press F2 to continue"
She brought the laptop back to me today saying the F2 button no longer works. I tried an external keyboard. F1 works on both keyboards as well as everything else. F2 however does not. Will NOT try to get into BIOS. Will NOT continue after failed passwords.
Anyone with ideas? Neither I, nor the client can afford to put any more money into this laptop. It's been $300 already.
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Brian.
So a client brought me their lenovo y510 laptop a few days ago. Hard drive password protected and bios password protected. Called Lenovo, they basically wanted to replace the security chip and the hard drive and reimage a vista. (Sounded like $500ish, so I said screw that)
Used every attempt I could to crack the bios. No show. Accidentally cleared the cmos, so now when it boots up, it says
"CMOS Date/Time Not Set" F2 to Run Setup
F1 to load default values.
I replaced the hard drive and had it all running fine with a fresh copy of Windows 7, but the error remained and we couldn't get into bios. Basically, she had to hit F1 and hit enter 3 times(invalid password), then "Press F2 to continue"
She brought the laptop back to me today saying the F2 button no longer works. I tried an external keyboard. F1 works on both keyboards as well as everything else. F2 however does not. Will NOT try to get into BIOS. Will NOT continue after failed passwords.
Anyone with ideas? Neither I, nor the client can afford to put any more money into this laptop. It's been $300 already.
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Brian.