There is a backdoor to any Award BIOS - a kind of master
password. Anyone who knows this can access the BIOS and do what they
want so I suspect only a change to non-Award motherboards will avoid
the problem.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Souza [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: 27 April 1998 3:50
> Subject:      Re: BIOS Passwords
>
> David,
>
> I'm not aware of a "backdoor" password for Award BIOS.  That's not to
> say
> there isn't one.  However, I feel it is more likely your students have
> downloaded a BIOS password cracker from the net.  They're readily
> available,
> just do a search.  If that is the case, you may never be able to keep
> them
> out of the BIOS unless you can find and delete the password cracker.
> Of
> course they'll just download it again.
>
> No easy solution to this - What about it list members??
>
> Good Luck,
> Dave
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Spencer <[log in to unmask]>
>
> >I wrote a message earlier about Bios passwords. The problem is not
> that
> I've
> >forgotten the passwords, the problem is that some students have found
> out
> >what the "backdoor" password is for Award.
> >This being the case, no matter what password I put into the system,
> the
> >students are able to get into the BIOS using the "backdoor" password
> that
> >Award uses. What I want is a way to prevent them from using this
> password
> >and getting into the bios. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
> >