How can I reset the Setup/BIOS password?

Yesterday, I bought a used HP Pavilion a1640n Media Center Edition for my granddaughter. I wanted to go through the installation and make sure that everything has been updated and looked good but when I went into the Setup program it asked me password.  The kid, I bought could not remember ever put a.  It has been upgraded to Windows 7 - it works beautifully I might add - and somewhere along the way someone put a password during the installation.

How can I go on the erasure of the values as the BIOS password?

Thanks in advance,

Howard Woodard

Redmond, WA

Hello

To clear the Infromation in BIOS follow the steps below

  1. Turn off the computer and unplug the power cord.
  2. Locate the jumper marked CLEAR_PWD. (Normal) position, the rider is default on pins 2 and 3.

  1. Move the jumper on the CLEAR_PWD jumper to pins 1-2 to erase the password.

  1. Plug the power cord and turn on the computer.
  2. Hold down the F1 key during the boot process and enter the BIOS to change or clear the password.
  3. After changing or clear BIOS passwords, consider the jumper to reset the pins 2 and 3.

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