AMI BIOS password reset/remove on Asus K40IJ

[Jad Ch]

hey guys,
     i have an asus k40ij with an ami bios i once set a password and forgot it and then opened my laptop and removed the cmos battery after reading about that in the internet but that didn't work and my password was still there. i also used all the bios/cmos tools on the hiren's bootcd (kill cmos/password cracker/blasting/brute force/clear cmos data) non worked form me. i really need help with this issue.

[patio]

In the case of laptops the CMOS battery does NOT hold the password info...this is by design.
You will need to take it to an ASUS Service Center to have it re-set....be prepared to show proof of ownership as they will ask for it.

[Jad Ch]

i think this is what i will do  but isnt there any way

[camerongray]

Sadly if the CMOS battery doesn't reset it there is very little that you can do except for taking it to ASUS or looking online incase anyone has discovered a master password.  The CMOS battery trick can work sometimes (I've used it on a couple of old laptops from 2001 and 2007) but I imagine that yours stores the BIOS password in non-volatile memory.  The only thing you may want to check is that the main laptop battery was also removed when you pulled the CMOS battery and that you left the battery out for at least 15mins.

Other than that, ASUS is your best bet.

[foxidrive]

There was a time that I researched this aspect of laptops and a hardware hack was on various pages involving a soldering iron.  I don't recall the details now but I recall that it wasn't appropriate for all systems.

[Bukhari1986]

try going to cmd and  typing
debug                       press enter
o 70 2E                    press enter
o 71 FF                    press enter
q                                   press enter

[Salmon Trout]

i think this is what i will do  but isnt there any way

You can keep asking but you won't get another answer. Portable computers are easily stolen and it often happens. This is a well known fact. Robust password security is thus necessary (this is also a well known fact!) and it is therefore very foolish to set a password and then "forget" it. If passwords were easy to alter or remove this would very useful to thieves and those who buy from them. And for people trying to steal information or pry into the affairs of friends, relatives or others, or to play pranks on them. So at least you can be happy your data is safe. If there was a special method known to techies we would, for the foregoing reasons, be very irresponsible to publish it here.