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• Remove Toshiba laptop BIOS password?
• Password Problem Toshiba Satellite..

• Remove Toshiba laptop BIOS password?
• Password Problem Toshiba Satellite..

I don't see a jumper or a battery on this board. Nothing that looks remotely like a battery can be removed (everything is soldered). And I am not sure which, if any, jumper/solder pads can be shorted to wipe CMOS (read on for further details about this).

Update: Matt located a pair of solder pads marked "reset." I shorted the circuit several times, but the password prompt still remains.

Update: Matt located a pair of solder pads marked "reset." I shorted the circuit several times, but the password prompt still remains.

Wiping the CMOS might clear the password prompt issue, but I cannot locate a jumper or a battery on this board. Nothing that looks remotely like a battery can be removed (everything is soldered). See for yourself:
Toshiba Satellite A55-S1065 mainboard http://brian.baligad.name/2011/A55-S1065-s.jpg
Toshiba Satellite A55-S1065 mainboard http://brian.baligad.name/2011/A55-S1065--s.jpg

Update: Matt located a pair of solder pads marked "reset." I shorted the circuit several times, but the password prompt still remains.
Toshiba Satellite A55-S1065 CMOS reset jumper http://brian.baligad.name/2011/A55-S1065-reset.jpg

Wiping the CMOS might clear the password prompt issue, but I cannot locate a jumper or a battery on this board. Nothing that looks remotely like a battery can be removed (everything is soldered). See for yourself:

Update: Matt located a pair of solder pads marked "reset." I shorted the circuit several times, but the password prompt still remains.