[Amilo D] D1845 BIOS Password issue

[Rhadamanthys]

Hello everybody
I´m new to this forum & joined so that I could fix the following problem
I´m writing from Santiago, Chile. Not too long ago, I purchased a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo D1845 from a german gentleman that was visiting
He sold it to me real cheap because the unit had a problem that the battery was not recognized in windows, hence never charges so needs to be permanently plugged into the wall to work

Investigating the issue, I´ve read that this battery issue, along with the heating up problem can be resolved doing the BIOS Flash to the 1.04

In my attempt to do this, I´ve come accross the following problem
When I press F2 to enter the BIOS on startup, it asks me for a password; which obviously I donot have
Looking up the process of the BIOS flash, it requires me to enter the BIOS, change the settings option, remove the password & proceed

Now since I dont have the password & the man that sold me the notebook isnt even here anymore, I have no clue how to "break in" to the BIOS to do this & hopefully fix the notebook

I read somewhere that manufacturers sometimes have a Master password for these situations, I called up the Fujitsu Siemens helpline & after getting the runaround, a gent tells me that there doesnt exist a master password & since the warranty on my notebook is no longer valid, they offered me as LITTLE help as POSSIBLE

Please someone help me overcome this issue; I would be eternally grateful to you
Can I just go & try the flash without ever getting into the BIOS? Is there a chance that the BIOS gets damaged & the computer turning useless?
Does anyone know how to reset the BIOS password with via internal jumpers?

PLEASE HELP!!!!

[propediotika]

Try this softwere http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd or look here http://www.5starsupport.com/info/biospw.htm or http://www.freelabs.com/~whitis/security/backdoor.html

[Rhadamanthys]

Thank you so much for your reply

I´d come to the same result in my search! - Yesterday I took another similar program called KillCMOS & it worked like a charm, I flashed the BIOS, the notebook runs NOTICEABLY cooler

I DO however have another little issue about the battery - after the flash, the battery charge light on the left came on - I was jumping for joy thinking that this problem was sorted out too, but windows doesnt recognize the battery still & the light is on permanently, removing the battery doesnt do anything & lastly my last hope that the battery was "charging" without any indication also came to nothing, I disconnect the pwr supply & the PC loses power.....

If you know something abt how I may resolve this, PM me, I think I saw another post with a similar problem - I´ll try & reactivate that one ....

[Mariner]

Li-Ion batteries go dead like this: "snap".
U R sure your battery is in good fully working condition...?

If your battery is working, then it's once again the motherboard issue.