Administrator BIOS Reset Password: HP 17-bs153cl

[bobbyjacabson]

Hi,

I hope I am doing this right. I need a BIOS reset password. I regret setting my administrator and power-on BIOS passwords. I know my power-no BIOS password which I use daily. However, I forgot my administrator BIOS password which I need to reenable VT-x virtualization.

I got a system disabled code of: i 85826178. It would be most appreciated if there is something I can use like a reset password or a BIOS reflash. I upgraded my BIOS and the firmware thinking that would work and nothing - I still need a password. So a reset password would be nice.

System:    Host: mint Kernel: 4.15.0-54-generic x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce 4.12.3 Distro: Linux Mint 19.2 Tina
Machine:  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 17-bs1xx v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: 8CG8062NM6
                Mobo: HP model: 8408 v: 49.60 serial: PGTGB2A0GAF21Q UEFI: Insyde v: F.21 date: 05/17/2018

MTIA

[DeathBringer]

Have you a hardware programmer?

[bobbyjacabson]

Have you a hardware programmer?

I'm using a Linux Mint liveUSB so no, I don't have one.

[DeathBringer]

You can't reset passwords without hardware programmer.

[bobbyjacabson]

You can't reset passwords without hardware programmer.

Be specific about that. Name some hardware programmers - for linux if you know of any.