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:
| 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.
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July 2nd, 2010 at 10:06 am
Worked for me THX
June 8th, 2010 at 6:56 am
This didnt work for me, I got mine fix from getting the instructions from ebay.com just enter in search TOSHIBA Bios password removal A210 or A215.
Good luck!!!!
May 2nd, 2010 at 11:35 am
Thameesha,
If you forgot the hard drive password, you’ll have to replace the hard drive.
The password cannot be removed.
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:46 am
I have a secand hand Toshiba dynabook 2120ds11L/2 notebook
but i can’t acsess the computer it ask a HDD Password but i don’t it how correct this problam
plese help me
thanks
April 3rd, 2010 at 4:16 pm
hi
how to remove bios password on toshiba M400 .tried the above method but not use full.
I got the other faulty motherboard, I am trying to find the EEPROM and get to change i cannot find where it is located on the system board. Please help. Thanks.
March 20th, 2010 at 3:05 am
does the procedure above works on toshiba equium a60
pls i need your reply……..
March 16th, 2010 at 8:47 pm
Hey men, you are a genius. I Solved my problem Thanks.
Laptop Toshiba Tecra9100
March 13th, 2010 at 10:40 pm
It works like a chram
for Toshiba A45-S151 . Thanks for sharing this trick. I owe you.
March 10th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
It’s work for Satellite A50,
Thanks,
Amila
March 7th, 2010 at 8:33 am
I have a Tecra S1 PT831C – and it didn’t seem to work on it – does anyone have any suggestions
Please and Thanks