5F Outsyde

Recover the BIOS password on an Acer that wrote a code.txt

Remotely, from $70. You pay only after the password is recovered.

Download the tool

Step 1 of 3. Run it on the locked laptop. It reads for about a minute and changes nothing. AcerOutsyde 1.0, 12.7 MB zip. See all three steps.

Is this for you?

  • Your Acer wrote a code.txt file to a USB stick after a few wrong passwords, or asked you to "Enter Unlock Code" with no number beside it. Yes, this is for you. Never set a password at all? It comes out the same way, at the same price.
  • It shows an 8 or 10 digit code on screen instead. You do not need us: Open the free unlocker, it solves that in seconds.
  • You need an Intel Acer laptop running Windows, with an administrator account you can sign in to. AMD laptops, Chromebooks and desktops cannot be done. Look up your model number if you are not sure.

A code.txt is a sealed request addressed to Acer, so there is nothing in it to solve. The password is recovered another way, from the laptop itself. The story of the file.

Three steps

  1. Download the tool and run it

    On the locked laptop, unzip it, double-click AcerOutsyde.exe and click Yes when Windows asks. It reads for about a minute, then saves one file named acer-report-….txt and opens its folder. It changes nothing on the laptop.

    Download the tool

    If Windows shows "Windows protected your PC", click More info, then Run anyway. That appears because the download is new. What the tool does to your laptop.

    Check the download (SHA-256)

    SHA-256: da3322e16098c96c047834447244b8d0dbaecd1129c3ac4eae18e0732bde9ee4
    On Windows: certutil -hashfile acer-outsyde-tool.zip SHA256. If it does not match, do not open the file, and tell us.

  2. Fill in the form and attach the report

    Attach the report our tool saved. Your laptop wrote a code.txt too: that one is for Acer, not for us.

    Go to the form

  3. We reply

    You get a yes or no, the exact price and the turnaround. Before you pay, we describe the password (its length and the kinds of characters in it) so you know we have it.

Running the tool, on screen, in one minute.

What it costs

Paid only after the password is recovered. Nothing is owed if we cannot recover it.

Your processor With proof of purchase Without
Intel Core 12th, 13th or 14th generation Usually within 24 hours $70 $120
Intel Core 11th generation and below Up to 72 hours $100 $150
Intel Core Ultra Up to 72 hours $150 $200
  • Why two prices. A receipt, invoice or order confirmation lets us confirm the laptop is yours with less work. What counts as proof.
  • Core Ultra costs more on purpose. It is a different family from Core i7, not a newer version of it. Core Ultra models.
  • Slower tiers are not refusals. Older and Core Ultra machines take longer and cost more, and we still take them on.
  • Optional guided session, $25. We run the tool with you over TeamViewer. On a Core Ultra or older machine it is free, because there we are the ones who need it.

Seen the price? Go to the form.

Send your application

Nothing is charged here. Attach the report from step 1 and we reply with the exact price and the turnaround. An order number comes back on screen straight away.

  • Goes straight to us, stored nowhere
  • Your receipt is forwarded, never filed
  • Price and turnaround confirmed before anything starts
Which processor?

Settings, System, About. This sets the price. Core Ultra is a different family from Core i7, not a newer one.

Is the laptop running Windows, with an administrator account you can sign in to?

The acer-report-….txt file the tool saved in step 1. Not the code.txt your laptop wrote. Up to 25 MB.

Both are on the sticker underneath the laptop.

Optional: proof of purchase and password guesses

A receipt, invoice or order confirmation. JPG, PNG or PDF, up to 5 MB. A person reads it, and we may come back with a question.

This helps more than you would guess. Even a partial memory narrows things down, and a near miss is often close enough to find the rest.

Where your confirmed price and, later, the password will be sent.

Read it first.
The one exception.

$70 to $200, depending on the processor and whether a proof of purchase is attached. The exact figure is confirmed before you owe anything.

Nothing is charged now.

What the tool does to your laptop

It only reads. It drives Intel's own signed flash utility with read commands only, so it cannot change your BIOS or brick the laptop. It saves one report, sealed so only we can open it, and it does not touch your files, browser data or Windows accounts.

If you use BitLocker, save your recovery key from aka.ms/myrecoverykey before you change any BIOS setting later. If you would rather not trust any outside program, reinstall Windows before and after: the password lives in the firmware, so the recovery still works.

Questions before you start? Email support@getoutsyde.click and a person will answer.

Ready? Go to the form.

Other ways in

  • Pulling the CMOS battery resets the clock, not the password. Why it stopped working.
  • A chip programmer (a CH341A and a clip on the flash chip) works, but the laptop has to be opened, and a slipped clip can kill the board.
  • An Acer service centre works, but the laptop has to travel to them.