Bypassing the BIOS
The BIOS is the basic instruction set that “teaches” the computer how to access its media. If you forgot the BIOS password, try some of the backdoor passwords that might be in place for your BIOS version.
The following is a list of potential passwords that may or may not work.
Award BIOS
| _award | AWKWARD | J64 |
| 01322222 | awkward | j64 |
| 589589 | BIOSTAR | LKWPETER |
| 589721 | CONCAT | Lkwpeter |
| 595595 | CONDO | PINT |
| 598598 | Condo | pint |
| ALFAROME | d8on | SER |
| ALLY | djonet | shift + syxz |
| ALLy | HLT | SKY_FOX |
| aLLy | J256 | SYXZ |
| aLLY | j256 | syxz |
| aPAf | j262 | szyx |
| AWARD?SW | j322 | TTPTHA |
| AWARD_PW | KDD | ZAAADA |
| AWARD_SW | j332 | ZBAAACA |
Phoenix BIOS
| Phoenix | PHOENIX | CMOS |
| phoenix | BIOS |
IBM APTIVA
According to DigiSign Data Security, if you have an IBM Aptiva, you can clear the BIOS information by holding down both mouse buttons until the computer boots. According to LabMice.net: Press both mouse buttons repeatedly during the boot.
Misc. Common Passwords
| ALFAROME | CMOS | SETUP |
| BIOSTAR | cmos | setup |
| biostar | LKWPETER | Syxz |
| buisstar | lkwpweter | Wodj |
Other Passwords by Manufacturer
VOBIS & IBM: merlin
DELL: Dell
BIOSTAR: Biostar
COMPAQ: Compaq
ENOX: xo11nE
EPOX: central
FREETECH: Posterie
IWILL: iwill
JETWAY: spooml
PACKARD BELL: bell9
QDI: QDI
SIEMENS: SKY_FOX
TMC: BIGO
TOSHIBA: Toshiba, Toshy99, 24Banc81
Dell Laptop
Have “Num Lock” light on
Have “Caps” light on
Have “Scroll Light” on
Now Press “Alt + E then Alt + F then Alt + W.
Toshiba Laptops
Most Toshiba laptops and some desktops will bypass the BIOS password if the left shift key is held down during boot.
Online Password Resource: CIRT.net
For a list of common key combinations to access the BIOS on specific computers, please visit our Accessing the BIOS article.
Nice post…thank you for posting. Can you provide dell password from service tag?
BIOS passwords are hardware (motherboard) specific. Your Dell Service Tag will allow you to access information regarding the computer system, provide access to software, driver updates, etc.
You can use a command prompt, type: wmic bios get serialnumber, to find the service tag.