I have a Toshiba Sattelite A305 and yesterday when I turned it on a blue box appeared and it asked me for a password. Someone told me it has something to do with the BIOS and told me to remove the BIOS battery. I’m not sure what it is but I think it the blue little battery which it attached to the motherboard. In other laptops it can be removed but I’m not sure if it can be removed in these type of computer. Does anyone know how to fix the problem.. PLEASE.

This is a known issue with some newer Toshiba laptops. The laptop can set the BIOS password on its own and I believe it happens because of a glitch in the BIOS. I’ve seen many laptops like that.

You are correct, the BIOS battery is the blue little battery soldered to the motherboard, but removing the battery will not clear the password. Removing the battery worked for some older laptops but not for new models.

I believe that Toshiba fixes this problem at no charge even for out-of-warranty laptops (at least for laptops sold in the United States). Call Toshiba, explain what’s going on and ask them to clear the password. If they say no, do not give up and call again. Talk to another representative.

It’s not your fault that there is a glitch in the BIOS. Why should you pay for that?

I had a slew of problems with my Toshiba Satellite P105-S9722. So I thought about putting in my recovery CD in it, when I did it locked me out at the BIOS screen requiring me to put in a password, when I never ever put one on to begin with. Now all it does is turn on at that screen, and I’m at my wits ends, can someone shoot me some info thanks in advance.

I believe one of the older BIOS versions had a bug when the laptop sets the BIOS password on its own. If you go to the Toshiba website and look at the BIOS change history for your model, you’ll see that this problem was fixed in the version 4.00
Here’s a quote from the BIOS change history:

Version 4.00 – 2007-08-06
* A workaround was implemented to prevent a password from automatically being set by the computer.

Apparently, you had an older BIOS installed and it set the password by itself.

Some latest Toshiba models suffer from the same bug in the BIOS. If your Toshiba laptop is asking for the BIOS password you never had, check the BIOS change history for your model and find out if there is a fix in the newer BIOS releases.

Unfortunately, before you can do anything with the laptop, the BIOS password has to be cleared. I would call Toshiba customer support and explain what’s going on. Most likely they will take care of your problem at no charge even though your laptop is not under warranty anymore. It’s not your fault.

Please let us know how Toshiba handles your situation, it will help other people with the same problem.

UPDATE: Here’s what I found for you. Toshiba acknowledges the problem. They will clear the BIOS password at no charge. Take a look at this support bulletin with a long list of Toshiba laptops having the same problem with the BIOS password.
Document ID: 98082361 Posted date: 09/27/07 Distribution: Public