Recently, I bought an older Acer Travelmate 8473T laptop on Ebay. Why not, it was only about $100. But it turned out to be not such a good deal.
One thing that really bothered me was that I could not access the BIOS.

Acer BIOS Password Request
Usually, I’ll upgrade and reconfigure my machines. So, accessing the BIOS is really important.
This began another long project. Over a few weeks, I’ve spend probably 20 hours or more. Don’t you just love it when bad people and/or technology problems become the black hole of your time?
Quick Solution:
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