skimmble wrote on 2025-10-10, 11:12:

Hi everyone. I got my hands on an old ErgoPro e450 and it appears that I can access the bios but I can't change any system/admin settings as it requires a password (which I have no idea). I have tried clearing the bios but the password remains. One option I also tried was reflashing the bios but I can't find the needed "Force flash load pads" from the mb, as the manual instructs.
Is there any way to get rid of the password?

Welcome to Vogons 😀

According to the manual the pads are located as highlighted in the attached pic...does your board layout differ from this?

Thanks for reply. It seems that my motherboard has quite the same layout but it is missing those pads. I tried to short-circuit some smaller solder dots close to those with no luck.

I'm able to boot to dos and tried running the bios flashing tool there, with no luck as the tool also asks for the system password before the update.