COMMAND

    BIOS (default passwords)

SYSTEMS AFFECTED

    BIOSes

PROBLEM

    Nathan Einwechter posted following.  He has compiled a fairly
    large list of BIOS Master passwords for several BIOS'.

              BIOS Type            |    BIOS Master Password(s)
        --------------------------------------------------------
        Advanced Integration       	    Advance

        AMI                             A.M.I.
                                        aammii
                        	            AMI
	                                    AMI!SW
        	                            AMI.KEY
                	                    ami.kez
                        	            AMI?SW
	                                    AMI_SW
                                        AMI~
                                        ami
                                        amiami
                                        amidecod
                                        AMIPSWD
                                        amipswd
                                        AMISETUP
                                        bios310
                                        BIOSPASS
                                        CMOSPWD
                                        helga
                                        DFs
                                        HEWITT RAND
                                        KILLCMOS

        Amptron                         Polrty

        AST                             SnuFG5

        Award                           ?award
                                        01322222
                                        256256
                                        589589
                                        589721
                                        admin
                                        alfarome
                                        aLLy
                                        aPAf
                                        award
                                        AWARD SW
                                        award.sw
                                        AWARD?SW
                                        award_?
                                        award_ps
                                        AWARD_PW
                                        AWARD_SW
                                        awkward
                                        BIOS
                                        bios*
                                        biosstar
                                        biostar
                                        CONCAT
                                        condo
                                        CONDO
                                        djonet
                                        efmukl
                                        g6PJ
                                        h6BB
                                        HELGA-S
                                        HEWITT RAND
                                        HLT
                                        j09F
                                        j256
                                        j262
                                        j322
                                        j64
                                        lkw peter
                                        lkwpeter
                                        PASSWORD
                                        SER
                                        setup
                                        SKY_FOX
                                        SWITCHES_SW
                                        Sxyz
                                        SY_MB
                                        SZYX
                                        t0ch20x
                                        t0ch88
                                        TTPTHA
                                        ttptha
                                        TzqF
                                        wodj
                                        ZAAADA
                                        zbaaaca
                                        zjaaadc

        Biostar                         Biostar
                                        Q54arwms

        Compaq                          Compaq

        Concord                         last

        CTX International               CTX_123

        CyberMax                        Congress

        Daewoo                          Daewuu

        Daytek                          Daytec

        Dell                            Dell

        Digital Equipment               komprie

        Enox                            xo11nE

        Epox                            central

        Freetech                        Posterie

        HP Vectra                       hewlpack

        IBM                             IBM
                                        MBIUO
                                        sertafu

        IBM POS CMOS                    ESSEX
                                        IPC

        Iwill                           iwill

        JetWay                          spoom1

        Joss Technology                 57gbz6
                                        technolgi

        Leading Edge                    MASTER

        M Technology                    mMmM

        MachSpeed                       sp99dd

        Magic-Pro                       prost

        Megastar                        star

        Micron                          sldkj754
                                        xyzall

        Micronics                       dn_04rjc

        Nimble                          xdfk9874t3

        Packard Bell                    bell9

        QDI                             QDI

        QDI SpeedEasy                   lesarotl

        Quantex                         teX1
                                        xljlbj

        Research                        Col2ogro2

        Shuttle                         Spacve

        Siemens Nixdorf                 SKY_FOX

        SuperMicro                      ksdjfg934t

        Tinys                           tiny

        TMC                             BIGO

        Toshiba                         24Banc81
                                        Toshiba
                                        toshy99

        Vextrec Technology              Vextrex

        Vobis                           merlin

        WIMBIOSnbsp BIOS v2.10          Compleri

        Zenith                          3098z
                                        Zenith

        ZEOS                            zeosx

SOLUTION

    Change of BIOS won't help, but maybe newer version of BIOSes  will
    have another passwords.  So,... no solution at all.