BIOS Password Generator

New Acer BIOS Password Bypass

BIOS Unlocking, Windows,

Acer_logoHere’s a universal Acer BIOS Password Bypass for BIOS-locked Acer laptops.

So many times have perfectly good functioning laptops been ruined by lost or forgotten BIOS passwords. Many makes & models including some Acer laptops can have their BIOS Master Password generated by the 1024kb BIOS Password Generator – many but not all models. If your Acer doesn’t unlock by using the 1024kb BIOS Master Password generator then here’s your quick & easy solution.

This Acer BIOS Password Bypass is a real blast from the past for me. The first successful software hack I ever applied involved the simple switching of 0 (no) for 1 (yes) – & here it is again, this time used when removing  Acer BIOS passwords.

There’s a one condition – you need to be able to boot into Windows, the final flash utility is a Windows exe.

If you can’t boot to the existing hard drive, try booting from USB with Sergei Strelec’s WinPE 11-10-8 – that’s a fully-functional Windows bypassing the internal storage.

What we’re going to do here is download the BIOS file for your Acer laptop, extract the various components & make 1 simple modification. Default, as you’d expect, is to respect & retain any existing BIOS password. By telling the installation utility to not respect the existing password (changing 1 to 0), the fresh BIOS installation will be password-free.

Are you ready? Let’s do this.

How To Remove Acer BIOS Password

Acer BIOS Password Bypass

Power on your Acer laptop, boot into Windows.

If you can’t boot to the existing hard drive, try booting from USB with Sergei Strelec’s WinPE 11-10-8 – that’s a fully-functional Windows bypassing the internal storage.

Download  install 7zip – the best compress / decompress utility available – plus it’s free.

Identify your Acer, download BIOS file

Acer ID checkFlip your laptop over & take a photo of the identification numbers specific to your computer.

Now go Acer’s official support website & enter the SNID in the form on that page. Press Enter & you’ll be prompted to download the correct BIOS for your laptop.

The file you download will be an .zip with some random name depending upon which model / age Acer laptop you’re intending to unlock.

Extracting BIOS

Acer BIOS Password Unlock
The downloaded .zip file contains an exe of the same name (in this instance C5V01202.)

Right-click the zip file, extract to New Folder. Open your new folder which holds  (your file name).exe.

Rinse & repeat. Follow the image to your left – Right-click the extracted .exe file. Hover over 7zip in the drop down menu. Choose Extract to “Yourfilename\”

 
 

Open Acer BIOS folder

Your folder should now look just like this:Screenshot 2024 11 10 142200 1 Open the newly-created folder to reveal…

BIOS Installation Components

Depending on your preferred view mode, this is what you should have in the folder extracted from the Acer BIOS installation utiiity. This is the complete BIOS install kit that allows BIOS updating from inside Windows.
Acer BIOS

All you need to do now is open the last file – platform.ini with Notepad.

BIOS Hacking for n00bs

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This is crazy simple for any BIOS Password Bypass. Simply press Ctrl+F simultaneously which will bring up the Find In File search.  Type Platform=  then click the Down arrow.

There’s your target, highlighted.

Click in Notepad, delete 0, type 1. Save & exit.

Your BIOS is now modified to ignore existing passwords & you are a 733T H@Xx0r.

(You’re not really 733T, this is just the easiest BIOS Passowrd hack ever.)

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Installing BIOS, Removing Password

Acer-BIOS-flashNo need to repack the .exe, that’s only a trigger for InsydeFlash.exe – run the update from your working folder. (Acer BIOS is made for them by Insyde).

So, are you ready to remove your Acer BIOS Password?

  1. Close all other windows & startup programs.
  2. Make sure that your Acer laptop is connected to power & the battery has at least 40% charge.
  3. Double-click InsydeFlash.exe
  4. Watch the InsydeFlash utility progress, wait until finished.
  5. When you see the BIOS Updated success message & / or hear the Success Ding sound, your BIOS is updated / reinstalled & your password removed.
  6. Tap F2 key on reboot to enter BIOS with no password required.