On Tue, 05 Dec 2006 22:37:36 +0100, Tyop? said: > On 12/5/06, richard cassidy <digital.richard@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Flashing the bios on Acer Aspire 5102WLMi will erase all passwords > > previously set. This is obviously a bug! All passwords should not be > > wiped out with a bios flash (or at least they weren't on a Dell). Or, > > if they are, it should be stated up front so the passwords can be set > > again once the bios is "updated'". > > Flashing the bios will erase all data. So the big question becomes - on an Acer, are the passwords stored in the BIOS flash memory (in which case, having them evaporate on a BIOS flas is reasonable), or are they on the NVRAM chip, in which case it's a bug/misfeature?
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