Reset HP Mini BIOS Password? - HP Mini 1000 Disassembled Photos

My friend tried to reset BIOS password in his HP Mini 1000 netbook yesterday...
So he disassembles his notebook... He thinks he can reset cmos and reset BIOS password by removing the cmos battery.

But on HP Mini 1000 this is useless... Removing cmos battery will not reset the BIOS password
Even you can turn on HP mini 1000 without cmos battery installed... Weird huh?

After take a few photos, I try to enter a password 12345 when BIOS prompt me to enter a password... Lucky me.. The password is correct!

So.. it's better if you try common password like 1234, 12345, abcde, etc... Before dissecting your laptop....

HP Mini 1000 (Click on image to enlarge)

CMOS Battery (Click on image to enlarge)

HP Mini without BIOS (CMOS) Battery (Click on image to enlarge)



HP Mini Mainboard, Processor, Modem, Wifi, etc (Click on image to enlarge)


HP Mini RAM


HP Mini 1000 battery

Install Windows XP on Aspire 4740G - BlueScreen?

"A problem has been detected and Windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer. If this is the first time you've seen this stop error screen, restart your computer bla bla bla...."

If you found blue screen when you're trying to install Windows XP on your Acer Aspire 4740 or Aspire 4740G what should you do?

You should change SATA mode from AHCI to IDE mode....
How to do this? restart your laptop, then press F2 during post to go to BIOS, you can change sata mode configuration in the BIOS.

Or.....
If you want to use SATA AHCI mode on Windows XP, download this sata ahci driver (Download) then follow this nLite tutorial to make Windows XP installation CD able to detect Hard Disk in AHCI configuration and prevent bluescreen during XP installation.