~Toughbooktalk~

yes i had both pulled and left out all night got up this morning and still asking me for password

If you have the floppy drive . either the media bay unit or a usb unit
Boot into dos and run "KillCMOS"
http://majorgeeks.com/KillCMOS_d2969.html
It will wipe the bios clean

Alex

There are programs that you can use off a floppy, but someone will have to chime in as I have never used one (never had to). I have always used the battery removal with success, but have never tried on a CF-29. I have heard rumors that the battery pull would not work on some of the newer models, but I cannot confirm that.

I cant believe it I ran KillCMOS program in DOS and still no luck

Killcomos didnt work, after I reboot from killcmos, it goes to a screen that says, Error, System CMOS checksum bad
Default configuration used
Press F2 to setup and when I hit f2 it goes right back to enter password

What do you think

twillingham ....you have mail
Hiren's Boot CD
Blair

Also this one will work with the phoenix bios
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
its free
Blair

As tough as this laptop bios is to get into I am beginning to wonder what is the benefit to getting into the bios anyway

You do have a very good point.
I got my battery from the below seller.I get 4 hours from it,very high s/h charge but total I paid about $35.00 for it ,I was the only bidder
http://cgi.ebay.com/Panasonic-CF-VZSU29 ... tsupported

Blair

My way that hasn't failed yet:

1. Remove ALL power (batteries, MB Battery, AC Power, Solar Power, Wind Power, Hydro power, fart power, etc)
2. Remove Hard Drive/Caddy
3. Unplug CMOS battery
4. Cycle power switch 2-3 times for 1-2 seconds each (discharges board)
5. Plug in AC power
6. Boot up a few times to BIOS
7. Unplug AC
8. Cycle power switch 2-3 times for 1-2 seconds each
9. Reconnect CMOS and boot up

If for some reason that does not work, then repeat to step 8 and then leave off overnight. 9 out of 10 times though it works.