Looking for Intel Bios Security Jumper Tool

[fishfreak]

I bought a used Intel NUC8i5BEH kit and I suspect that WiFi and Bluetooth have been disabled in BIOS.

The BIOS is password locked and as far as I can tell the only way to reset the password is to use the BIOS configuration security jumper by switching between pins.

But, while I have located the pins, the yellow tool which is meant to sit atop the pins is not in place.

Does anyone know where I can get one?

 

[geezer]

That's a normal jumper, nothing special about it. Do you not perhaps have an old IDE HDD lying around somewhere? Those would almost certainly have a jumper or two in it, or maybe even an old motherboard could possibly have one or two in it. You could even just bridge the two pins with a thin piece of copper wire.

 

[fishfreak]

Thanks for the suggestion - I don't have a HDD lying around, but I did find an old 3 pin connector from a phone motherboard.

The pins line up, so I guess I could try and keep it in place and connect the pins that way?

This is a bit out of my comfort zone though...

 

[geezer]

Thanks for the suggestion - I don't have a HDD lying around, but I did find an old 3 pin connector from a phone motherboard.

The pins line up, so I guess I could try and keep it in place and connect the pins that way?

This is a bit out of my comfort zone though...

That should work, just ensure that you jump pins 1 and 2.

 

[BouncyNinja]

umm... you really could just use a screwdriver and short the 2 pins ( with the device unplugged from power)

 

[Quicks]

umm... you really could just use a screwdriver and short the 2 pins ( with the device unplugged from power)

That's how I used to do it. But I think you need to do that while you are powering up the machine to go into reset mode.

 

[Xtm]

Its very simply to make one. You can use copper wire to shot pin 1 and 2 while power on.

 

[fishfreak]

Hmm, so I've wrapped a small piece of copper around pin 1 and 2 but it's not having any effect.

If I boot normally then it boots the OS, and if I boot to BIOS then it still asks for a password.

 

[fishfreak]

The copper is making contact with both pins

 

[fishfreak]

I have progress - the screwdriver trick worked!

Thanks @ijacobs3 @Quicks

 

[fishfreak]

And @geezer