You can use this plug to remove or clear the BIOS password from older Toshiba laptops. I tested the plug and it successfully cleared the BIOS password from Toshiba Satellite 1415, Satellite 1800 and Satellite Pro 6100. Using the plug you should be able to remove a BIOS password from most Pentium III Toshiba laptops and from some Pentium IV laptops. To make a password removal tool you need a DB25 plug from a parallel printer cable (cable with a plug that you can take apart), a solder gun and 30-40 minutes of your time.
Cut a DB25 connector off an old parallel printer cable and remove screws to disassemble the plug. The wires should be long enough to strip the ends and solder them.
All pins on the connector are marked from 1 to 25 and you should connect and solder together the wires from the following pins:
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1+5+10 |
2+11 |
3+17 |
4+12 |
6+16 |
7+13 |
8+14 |
9+15 |
On some connectors pins 18 through 25 are already connected. If they are not connected, connect them. Do not connect a wire from pins 18-25 and a ground wire to anything, just insulate it with electrical tape and leave alone.
Carefully fold the wires, put wires inside the DB25 connector and assemble the connector.
How to use the Toshiba BIOS password removal tool: connect the plug to the parallel port on your Toshiba laptop and turn on the laptop. You should bypass the BIOS password and the laptop will boot directly to the operating system.
You can find and purchase the BIOS removal plug here. Before you buy, make sure it works with your Toshiba laptop.
UPDATE for all Toshiba owners:
Some newer Toshiba laptops can start asking for the BIOS password even if the password has never been set. This affects the following models: Satellite A100, A105, A130, A135, A200, A205, L35, M200, M205, P100, P105, P200, P205 and probably some other models.
Before you can use the laptop, the BIOS password has to be cleared.
What can you do? Read this official support bulletin for more information. In this bulletin you’ll find a full list of Toshiba laptops affected by this problem.
If you have one of these laptops and it set the BIOS password on its own, Toshiba will clear the password at no charge. Read the bulletin.
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July 29th, 2009 at 5:52 am
I have Toshiba satellite A200 model and in tat i have the power-on BIOS password problem…
I read the steps u gave here, but dunno how to connect it to my toshiba coz it doesn’t have the 25-pin connector…
How the both end of a pin shud b?i mean how to connect it to my laptop?
help me out….
July 26th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
bruce,
Connected to each other.
July 26th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
cj2600 Quote:
On some connectors pins 18 through 25 are already connected. If they are not connected, connect them.
Question:
Connect them to what?
Thanks
July 26th, 2009 at 9:31 pm
To cj2600,
I have tried the work around on my 2805 s402 but to no avail.
I also connected 18&25 but what do you do with the rest of the wires 19 thru 24? Please be specific.
Thanks,
Bruce
July 16th, 2009 at 5:52 pm
hi guys can some one help me plz to unlock a toshiba protege m 200 bios password and i be very appreciate.
July 9th, 2009 at 9:38 am
pete,
On newer Toshiba laptops the parallel plug will not work.
July 9th, 2009 at 9:36 am
how about for a toshiba satellite L305-S5875 it does not have a parallel port?
July 7th, 2009 at 5:22 pm
I have a Toshiba P-15-S470 P4 3 GHZ that for some reason have the password.. please can anybody help??
Thank You..
June 15th, 2009 at 7:49 am
Great thanks. I made this magic trick with TOSHIBA Satellite Pro 4600 and its WORKING!!!Thank you again!!!
June 14th, 2009 at 3:15 am
hey guys it doesnt work for me , i have an toshiba T 9100 so i ll tnx if u gimme a help