BIOS in an Acer Aspire 8942.

I'm locked in my BIOS on an ACER Aspire 8942 and I reset the default BIOS and need the factory password to change it as I don't have access. I was doing a refresh and in some way I hit enter and it must have set a password I do not know if it me locked out.

Any ideas?

Anyone who has used the engineering password winfdows Isunshare?

Thanks for any help... Ed

Have you tried to remove the battery and power. Press and hold the power button to try to reset the bios? Another option is to see that if you have a bios re - configure the jumper pins usually located in the compartment of the DRAM module on the bottom of the machine - it should be located somewhere on the outskirts of the DRAM module, so you should not remove the module.

Jack E/NJ

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