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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April 13th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
Satellite A60
1. Open Wi-Fi slot cover
2. Lift up black plastic
3. Locate & short C561 Pin 1 & 2 together
4. Power on machine while still shorting Pin 1 & 2
5. As soon as the TOSHIBA logo appears, remove short
6.
7. If machine boots, password has been removed
April 11th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Hi, Dear I really need your help how to bypass in toshiba M40, Because I need it for school,please help.
April 7th, 2008 at 6:52 pm
how to bypass in toshiba A60-159 Laptops?? I need your help!!! Plis!!!
April 2nd, 2008 at 8:07 pm
I used the fix from #16, #19 and #15 for my Toshiba Satellite 2060CDS. I didn’t have a plug either so I wired it manually. I am sooo glad to be back in. Thank you cj2600
March 28th, 2008 at 6:56 pm
This fix worked like a charm on my Sat Pro 6100. I owe you. Thanks a MILLION, dj
March 12th, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Dave,
Make sure your plug is assembled correctly and all wires are connected properly. I believe that this plug should work for a Toshiba Satellite 220 laptop.
Check the plug, plug it into the port, restart the laptop and wait until it boots into Windows.
March 12th, 2008 at 6:59 am
Hello everyone
I just bought an old Toshiba 220 CS, the problem I have is every time I turn the laptop on I am unable to get passed the password I need to get onto the laptop,wheni switch the laptop on it says Toshiba Videos Bios V2.70 enter password.
On reading the information on how to remove BIOS passwords from Toshiba laptops etc. do you know how I could bypass the password on the Toshiba 220 CS, I have just stripped an old printer cable which fits in to the back of the laptop,the plug is sealed so I have taken an inch of the insulation of the 25 various wires,do you know the exact format the wires have to connect to each other in order to use the plug to bypass the Toshiba 220 CS
I would be grateful for any information you could give me etc.
Regards
Dave
March 6th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Nayan,
Read comments after this article, it may help.
March 2nd, 2008 at 5:42 am
Legend. Works perfectly on Toshiba A-10. I connected 18 through 25 and it worked.
February 29th, 2008 at 9:44 am
how to bypass in toshiba A100/PSAA9L Laptops??
reply me “freaky.nayan@gmail.com”