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willow lotus Dec 1, 2022, 5:22 PM

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2 situations occured

well i will preface the 2 situations by admitting that i temporarily did turn off TPM to boot a linux distro linux mint

but afterwards

and a linux seagate hdd diagnostic tool with that
but anyway

first there was a password on my bios that i did not put there several days following the removal of TPM

called acer, agent did some back door esque reset of the initial bios password by entering it wrong 3 times and then i gave the acer rep a code they appeared to look up in the system and i was able to reset initial password on bios

that was the first event

now the current issue is that whenever, i do still have mostly access to the
bios as of this moment, but when i go to edit the password there is very very bizarre behavior

it autofills the password

i do not hit enter on it

and i am unable to clear the bios password field
it keeps filling some type of password in it automatically
this is what i have observed so far

suppose my fault for not turning tpm back on possibly...well very likely
sadpanda....

so i believe my bios ergo my computer is compromised

wet helm Dec 1, 2022, 5:32 PM

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Reset bios

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There should be a pin for it

supple ibex Dec 1, 2022, 5:32 PM

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try to reset you're BIOS, not, that you're computer probably won't boot up in you'r OS again after that.

supple ibex Dec 1, 2022, 5:33 PM

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wet helm There should be a pin for it

yeah.

willow lotus Dec 1, 2022, 5:33 PM

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oh

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a pin hole somewhere?

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ok lemme look

wet helm Dec 1, 2022, 5:33 PM

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Read the manual of your motherboard it explains how to do it

supple ibex Dec 1, 2022, 5:33 PM

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or a semos battery.

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those round batteries.

willow lotus Dec 1, 2022, 5:34 PM

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sec

wet helm Dec 1, 2022, 5:34 PM

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Is it a laptop or an PC ? Seeing Acer

willow lotus Dec 1, 2022, 5:34 PM

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laptop

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i can still google the manual i think

supple ibex Dec 1, 2022, 5:35 PM

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yeah.

wet helm Dec 1, 2022, 5:35 PM

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Also the suppose to fill in password could just be some keys connecting on your keyboard

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Just press all the keys some laptops have that

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Seems more like a key got stuck kind of moment

supple ibex Dec 1, 2022, 5:36 PM

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also possible.

wet helm Dec 1, 2022, 5:36 PM

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Would be the first time I heard about bios hacking

willow lotus Dec 1, 2022, 5:37 PM

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oh think the autofill is like

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a key being stuck?

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wouldn't it happen in windows too?

supple ibex Dec 1, 2022, 5:38 PM

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yeah.

willow lotus Dec 1, 2022, 5:38 PM

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so far not happening in windows

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i was wondering that key stuck thing too

supple ibex Dec 1, 2022, 5:39 PM

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then there is likely no problem with the keyboard.

wet helm Dec 1, 2022, 5:41 PM

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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=__TRFqF09O0

YouTube

PC Monkey

How To BIOS Reset on Acer Computer - CMOS Battery Replacement - Lap...

Use this tutorial for how to perform a BIOS Reset. This will reset your BIOS to factory settings. This video will also help you locate your CMOS Battery if you need to replace it. If your computer is not turning on, this is Step #2 in the troubleshooting process. The first video to try is here; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GqqR_dSd7A&t...

▶ Play video

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Still think this would be your next step seeing it’s a laptop

willow lotus Dec 1, 2022, 5:50 PM

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thanks in advance, imma try that and report back!

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