This video is extremely irresponsible and very misleading, people will unnecessarily break their machines after watching this. Firstly, there is absolutely no need to open up the device. On Toughbooks and Toughpads with 2nd, 3rd and 4th generation Core i5/i7 processors, you can remove the BIOS lock purely with software. Secondly, if you have direct access to the BIOS chip with an EEPROM reader, you can edit the BIOS-password out of the chip - you do NOT need to clone the BIOS from a different machine to get rid of the password! Even if you do clone it, you should always reset the MEI region, otherwise two important drivers in the device manager will malfunction and make the machine unusable. Lastly, the keyboard removal was the worst thing I've ever seen. Always use an old credit card to slide underneath the keyboard and remove the double-sided tape with a sidewards motion.
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Could you show me method to edit BIOS-password of anyway to remove the BIOS lock purely with software?