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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February 24th, 2009 at 6:44 pm
Thanks for the info..i’ll try it first and hopely it can solve my problem.
February 13th, 2009 at 11:37 am
Hello. I have a Satellite A215 and must reset the bios . It a way to do that by myself?
February 2nd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
camilo cardona,
You cannot remove the BIOS password from a Tecra M4 laptop yourself. Nothing will work. The only way to clear the BIOS password is taking the laptop to the authorized repair center.
In order to clear the BIOS password, an authorized technician will have to call to Toshiba and get a special code which unlocks the BIOS. That’s the only way to clear the password besides replacing the whole motherboard.
February 1st, 2009 at 10:54 am
I have a toshiba tecra M4 , the bios is somewhere in the mhoterboard i cant findt it , i don’t know what else to do , i tried almost everything that people told me on the internet battery, passwords , short and nothing , i dindnt know anything about laptops but since i started to fight with this one , i have learned lot , but i dont want to be beaten by this laptop could you pls help me . i dont want to keep losing my time , i dont want to change the motherboard its expensive and mine is not demaged its only the password , i wil appreciate your knowledge a lot
January 26th, 2009 at 2:50 am
Thanks alot, our problem for 2805-s302 is solved, our sincere blessings to you. Keep it up.
January 22nd, 2009 at 12:13 pm
Solft the problem on the satellite 6070.
THANX man.
January 8th, 2009 at 4:11 pm
2805-S301 Password removed using this process!!! Thank you a lot!!!
January 1st, 2009 at 3:27 pm
Thank you For this great Tutorial.
Worked like a 100%.
The funny thing, I just used old electric wires bending like “U” shapes and use them to make a parallel loop back with the help of this tutorial instead of using the real/ actual/ parallel port printer cable.
My boy friends lap top was Toshiba satellite pro 4600 series
Thank u once again
December 31st, 2008 at 2:35 am
it works on toshiba tecra 8200, amazing … a big thansk to laptop repair. again thanks …
December 22nd, 2008 at 4:05 am
Resolved 100% on Toshiba Satellite 6100 and 1800 s253. Very, very thank you my friend, and God Bless you and yours.
Your Brasilian Friend
José Silva