Looking for a bit of help here folks...

I'm working on my sisters 3 year old laptop and need to change the boot sequence to make it read from CD first but the BIOS/CMOS is password protected. We reckon it's been set by the vendor, a small local outfit who have since gone to the wall, and so have no idea what it is.

I know on a dekstop you'd take the battery off the motherboard and leave it for a while to reset it but I don't know where to start looking for that on the laptop.

It's a Clevo D41ES.

Any thoughts??

Bios passwords on desktops are a piece of cake to remove. On a laptop, its a different ballgame although the process is the same. You need to find the bios reset jumper, or battery. I am not familliar with the clevo brand. Clevo make laptops for lots of different companies.

Find out what BIOS it has (Award/Phoenix etc)- watch closely while it boots-, and google for 'default bios password'

Find out what BIOS it has (Award/Phoenix etc)- watch closely while it boots-, and google for 'default bios password'

Aha, i know it's a phoenix. Will try that...