I have an Acer Aspire E15 E5-574G laptop and need a way to reset the EFI Bios password

ThorH
ThorH Member Posts: 6 New User
edited August 2023 in 2018 Archives
I have an Acer Aspire E15 E5-574G laptop and need a way to reset the EFI Bios password.

Thor

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  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 45,182 Trailblazer
    Did you forget the BIOS password? Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,293 Trailblazer
    edited July 2018
    reset the BIOS password, XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

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  • ThorH
    ThorH Member Posts: 6 New User
    Thanks for the replies. No I didn't change the password! To me it seems that the UEFI password is in the flash memory, so I guess removing the batteries won't be of much help.
    After 3 unsuccessful attempts I do get a hash code, but how to get from that to the password?
    Thor
  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,293 Trailblazer
    edited July 2018
    Qual versão do seu bios? XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

    [Post edited to remove inappropriate or personal content -Acer-Manny]
    Oi! Eu não sou sou a cortana! Mas estou aqui para ajudar! Hi! I'm not the cortana! But I'm here to help!
    Se você gostou da minha resposta, marque como solução clicando em sim! If you liked my answer, mark it as a solution by clicking on yes!
    Aceite somente a resposta que ajudou a solucionar o seu problema! Please accept only the response that helped to solve your problem!
    Detection tool click here to find the serial number or partnumber of your model!                                                          
                                                      
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  • ThorH
    ThorH Member Posts: 6 New User
    MSINFO32 says BIOS ver. 2.8

    Thor
  • ThorH
    ThorH Member Posts: 6 New User
    And I just discovered that the Acer Care Center says V.1.18, no wonder this is dufficult.

    Thor
  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 45,182 Trailblazer
    The MSinfo info result suggests a firmware update for another model was applied to this machine at some point in time. You might want to try re-running msinfo, then refreshing, then also noting the firmware date. Jack E/NJ

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  • Commodore_1995#
    Commodore_1995# ACE Posts: 98,293 Trailblazer
    edited July 2018
    You also check using the wmic bios command to get smbiosbiosversion in cmd as administrator!
    Oi! Eu não sou sou a cortana! Mas estou aqui para ajudar! Hi! I'm not the cortana! But I'm here to help!
    Se você gostou da minha resposta, marque como solução clicando em sim! If you liked my answer, mark it as a solution by clicking on yes!
    Aceite somente a resposta que ajudou a solucionar o seu problema! Please accept only the response that helped to solve your problem!
    Detection tool click here to find the serial number or partnumber of your model!                                                          
                                                      
                                                     egydiocoelho Trailblazer
     
    ProductKey clique aqui para descobrir o serial do windows! click here to discover the windows serial!
    Para usuários da comunidade inglesa, espanhola, francesa e alemã, usarei o google tradutor! :)
    For users of the English, Spanish, French and German community, I will be using google translator! :) 
  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 45,182 Trailblazer
    Good suggestion  @egydiocoelho . Try wmic too. Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ

  • ThorH
    ThorH Member Posts: 6 New User
    Thanks for the replies,
    Jack, I tried re-running MSINFO32 and now get the same version as the Acer Care Center. egydiocoelho, WMIC also gives same version number ( V.1.18) which I belive is the newest.

    Thor

  • ThorH
    ThorH Member Posts: 6 New User
    Many thanks to Jack who solved the problem for me.

    Thor
  • JackE
    JackE ACE Posts: 45,182 Trailblazer
    Answer ✓
    Congrats @ThorH ! Jack E/NJ

    Jack E/NJ