topic Re: Change ME BIOS password in Intel® Business Client Software Development

Change ME BIOS password

gatorojo — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 08:21:04 GMT

Hi.

I just upgraded my BIOS and I'm trying to change the pwd in ME BIOS from admin to ???, but the new pwd is not accepted. What is the required syntax for the pwd.

Thanks.

John

Re: Change ME BIOS password

cnenad — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:03:38 GMT

Must meet complexity requierements, i.e. Ab12345$

Re: Change ME BIOS password

Ylian_S_Intel — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 19:43:19 GMT

Exactly. I think it's 8 characters long, one capital, one small cap, one number and one special character. For testing lots of people have been trying to figure out the best password to use that is the quickest to type.

Ylian (Intel AMT Blog)

Re: Change ME BIOS password

Sreelekshm_S_Intel — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 00:52:17 GMT

Hi,

Please check out Gael's blog at http://softwareblogs.intel.com/2007/11/08/strong-amt-me-passwords-and-other-shades-of-gray/on the guidelines for a strong ME password.

Thanks,

Sree

I bought a Tecra by Toshiba

Douglas_J_ — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:21:26 GMT

I bought a Tecra by Toshiba at Ebay and the seller never gave me the bios password. is there any way I can recover or obtain a new password?

The BIOS password is not the

Colleen_C_Intel — Wed, 28 Jan 2015 07:23:37 GMT

The BIOS password is not the same as the AMT password. You will need to check with Toshiba.