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Answer» I was wondering if anyone new where the cmos BATTERY is located on an Acer Aspire e1-521
Im trying to get into bios to change the settings for my cousins LAPTOP and it want the password and she cant remember it so i was going to take the battery out and put back in to reset it but i cant seem to find it
thanks.Do you have this? http://www.manualrepubliccdn.com/pdf/acer/gug-acer-1-0-en.pdf Acer System User Guide I looked at that and did not find anything. A better choice: httpq//www.manualslib.com/manual/440294/Acer-Aspire-E1-521.html?page=2#manual
So, does Acer really sell computers without letting people know how to service them? Why should it be so hard to locate the battery?
EDIT: Wow, Acer really makes THINGS hard for users. That second link is malware. YES, I blame Acer for being so dumb as to not help their customers and letting them swim with malware sharks in the cyber-sea.Sorry to bear bad news but on a laptop removing the CMOS battery will not re-set the password. It needs to be taken to an Authorised Service Center for that... Be prepared to show Proof of Ownership or they won't do it.Thanks for the tips people...i guess the only way of doing this from what im reading is by using a conductivity tool to BRIDGE the jumper.They don't make it hard at all. It took me about 30 seconds to find the manual at
http://www.manualslib.com/manual/440294/Acer-Aspire-E1-521.html?page=98
Click "Download Manual (234 pages, 11.2 Mb)". It's all in there. How to access and remove the RTC battery is on page 5-41, and how to short the CMOS is on Page 3-8.
Quote from: patio on April 04, 2014, 10:15:48 AM Sorry to bear bad news but on a laptop removing the CMOS battery will not re-set the password. It needs to be taken to an Authorised Service Center for that... Be prepared to show Proof of Ownership or they won't do it.
it actually did reset the password....i finally have it working again..thank you everybody!!I'm kinda suprised at that...congrats.
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