Jumper and Connector Locations 5-5Clearing Password Check and BIOS Recovery 0This section provides users with the standard operating procedures of clearing passwordand BIOS recovery for the Aspire E1-431/E1-431G & E1-471/E1-471G. The machineprovides one Hardware Open Gap on main board for clearing password check, and onehot key for enabling BIOS Recovery.Clearing Password Check 0NOTE:NOTE:The following procedure is only for clearing BIOS Password (Supervisor Passwordand User Password).Steps for Clearing BIOS Password Check 0If users set BIOS Password (Supervisor Password and/or User Password) for a securityreason, BIOS will ask the password during systems POST or when systems enter to BIOSSetup menu. However, once it is necessary to bypass the password check, users need toclear the password by the following steps:1. PressPower button.2. Press[ key before Acer logo disappears (Figure 5-3).Figure 5-3. Keyboard Key Location3. Select Boot Option item ‘USB HDD’ as highlighted in Figure 5-4 and pressEnter to exitthe BIOS Boot Option menu.4. Execute ClearPwd.EXE under the DOS mode.5. When message Clear the SU Pws completely is displayed, supervisor passwordhas been cleared.6. Restart the system. PressF2 to enter BIOS Setup menu.7. If there is no Password request, BIOS Password is cleared up.8. If a password is requested, repeat Steps 1 through 5.
