Reset Bios MSI Sword 15 A11UD

[crude trench]

I made a bios password a long time ago, and I completely forgot it. So uh I'm trying to reset the bios on this laptop so I can reinstall my OS

[velvet brook]

If you can't clear CMOS then you have to replace the BIOS memory chip

[crude trench]

My motherboard doesn't have a cmos battery

[velvet brook]

Ah, okay

There's no way to reset it, you can guess or replace the BIOS chip

[crude trench]

Is replacing said bios chip a pain in the ass?

[elder star]

Your machine does have a cmos battery

[crude trench]

wait it does?

[elder star]

yup

[crude trench]

where would that be?

sorry for response time i for some reason dont get notis on this thread

[elder star]

its on a pair of fly-leads wrapped in black plastic

[velvet brook]

Kind of like this

[velvet brook]

Yes, you need a hot air gun with a LOT of patience, as well as steady hands

It can't be a hairdryer, because that doesn't get hot enough to melt solder

Here's the CMOS battery. It's taped down

This is the BIOS chip

[crude trench]

Ohhhhhhhh

Wait so I can just take out the cmos battery?

And let it rest for a bit I'm guessing?

[velvet brook]

Unplug it with the laptop's battery, then replug everything and pray

If that doesn't work you're gonna have to replace the BIOS chip

[crude trench]

Ah fuck

I just unplugged the bios battery only

[elder star]

remove both

and let the machine sit for 10 minutes

[crude trench]

I just got back from class but I'm doing that right now

[crude trench]

This was quite literally the manual I found

[velvet brook]

Did it work?

[crude trench]

nope!

called MSI and was basically told im fucked

[velvet brook]

you can still replace the BIOS chip, if you can't solder then see if you can get your local electronic repair store to fix it

[crude trench]

I think I found a weird workaround to get windows back onto the laptop

It seems to be working

[crude trench]

update

it worked

:3