Award Bios P/W

Does anyone know of a backdoor p/w for an Award bios vn 6.00 PG as supplied
on a DFI m/b model PM 12 TL?
I've tried all the standard ones - but no success
I know I can always open the box and *reset* the CMOS but it's a hassle when
so many machines are involved i.e. at the end of training sessions where the
alleged students think it's fun to change/add a different p/w.


TIA
Frank

Frank

On Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:03:38 +0200, Frank wrote:

> Does anyone know of a backdoor p/w for an Award bios vn 6.00 PG as supplied
> on a DFI m/b model PM 12 TL?
> I've tried all the standard ones - but no success
> I know I can always open the box and *reset* the CMOS but it's a hassle when
> so many machines are involved i.e. at the end of training sessions where the
> alleged students think it's fun to change/add a different p/w.
>
>
> TIA
> Frank

According to my lists V6.00PG doesn't have a "backdoor" password but the
following list of Award passwords might help.

Good luck.


j64
lkw peter
lkwpeter
PASSWORD
SER
setup
SKY_FOX
SWITCHES_SW
Sxyz
SZYX
t0ch20x
t0ch88
TTPTHA
TzqF
wodj
zbaaaca
Award
AWARD_SW
lkwpeter
LKWPETER
j262
j256
?award
1322222
SY_MB
256256
admin
alfarome
aLLy
aPAf
award
awkward
BIOS
biosstar
biostar
admin
CONCAT
condo
CONDO
admin
g6PJ
h6BB
HELGA-S
HEWITT RAND
HLT
j09F
j322


Regards
Gordon

Gordon Darling

"Frank" <> wrote in message
news:c1v8q6$ptt$...
> Does anyone know of a backdoor p/w for an Award bios vn 6.00 PG as
supplied
> on a DFI m/b model PM 12 TL?
> I've tried all the standard ones - but no success
> I know I can always open the box and *reset* the CMOS but it's a hassle
when
> so many machines are involved i.e. at the end of training sessions where
the
> alleged students think it's fun to change/add a different p/w.

Don't know of one. You might want to think of putting one on yourself,
though, once you've fixed the problem!

--

Hairy One Kenobi

Disclaimer: the opinions expressed in this opinion do not necessarily
reflect the opinions of the highly-opinionated person expressing the opinion
in the first place. So there!

Hairy One Kenobi

On Tue, 2 Mar 2004 09:04:51 -0000, "Hairy One Kenobi"
<abuse@[127.0.0.1]> wrote:

>"Frank" <> wrote in message
>news:c1v8q6$ptt$...
>> Does anyone know of a backdoor p/w for an Award bios vn 6.00 PG as
>supplied
>> on a DFI m/b model PM 12 TL?
>> I've tried all the standard ones - but no success
>> I know I can always open the box and *reset* the CMOS but it's a hassle
>when
>> so many machines are involved i.e. at the end of training sessions where
>the
>> alleged students think it's fun to change/add a different p/w.
>
>Don't know of one. You might want to think of putting one on yourself,
>though, once you've fixed the problem!

That's good advice - assuming the students don't need to access the
bios ( for training, perhaps? ).
There's usually two options - one for setting a p/word for the whole
system, and another that just protects the bios.

If your student need access to the bios then there's not a lot you
can do to prevent them from playing silly buggers ( apart from a quiet
word in their shell-likes ).

Failing that, a belt and braces approach might be to run a cable from
the shorting pins to a discreet microswitch on the rear of the case,
allowing you to clear the bios without having to dismantle the machine
again.

If used in conjunction with a bios backup utility ( of which there are
many available freeware ), your life would be much improved!

Regards,



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