BIOS

[Tranquillo]

Hi all and as is always typical the first post comes with 'cap in hand' needing help, I have somehow put in a BIOS password in my CF-19. Whilst a newbie to the TB I am not so dumb with PC's/laptops in general however somewhere I have screwed up.

Cutting a veeeeeeeeeery long story short I wanted a CF-19 (MK 2) running on WIN7, all in all I have managed that using the advice from the forum contributors over at NBR. Due to policy issues BIOS password threads are not encouraged on that forum (which I fully understand) so I am looking here for ideas/inspiration or even the master password if it exists.

I never EVER bother using passwords in the BIOS but may have inadvertantly done so but certainly do not remember the actual event. I purchased this TB from the states last year (I live in Spain) from a reputable dealer/company paying by c/card ect and have no issues disclosing the reciept number ect to show it came from a legitimate source, I mention this as I appreciate there are undesirables amongst us who would misus the information they may obtain via forums such as this.

Anyone any ideas how I can get into the BIOS?

many thanks in advance

Tranquillo

[toughasnails]

My friend that is one thing we can not help you with because as far as we know it can't be done. We had a member last year that was going to sell us the info on how to do it but he never came back so I think he was just blowing smoke . Heartlands USA can do it but its not cheap...Rob heard they just replace the mother board in it. Sorry

[Rob]

I can confirm with PROOF that they just replace the entire motherboard.

Sorry guys!

[Tranquillo]

Well back on with the '19'! I had been going around in circles trying to get in to the BIOS and still to this day DO NOT remember putting any password in it. I have tried the few passwords I have, I do not have much to hide hence there are not that many anyway! The sound problem I had (i.e. no sound) continued to plague me and despite reloading WIN7 over and over and trying all the drivers in different sequences including the previous fix which worked perfect, I still had no sound, by chance I tried a third party hard drive formating software, reloaded windows using a sequence I had used before and lo and behold the sound returned, is it possible that using the WIN 7 format option does not clear the drivers previously used? I add that only in case someone else has the same problem.

Either way the TB is back and working great, I am still inviting ideas to get into the BIOS as everything offered by 'others' and me having spent more than a few hours on the net and still no luck. I sent an email to Panasonic customer support explaining the problem and gave then the company details I purchased it from, my address/phone number/passport number......blood group you name it and I did not even get a reply!!

Any further ideas......anybody?

Thanks to all who have contributed thus far.

Tranquillo