Acer BIOS password recovery, by model number

Why the number and not the name. Acer sells the same marketing name with different hardware inside. A Nitro 16 is an AN16-51, which we can work on, or an AN16-41, which is AMD and which we refuse at any price. No model number in the research behind this page shipped as both Intel and AMD, which is why the number is trustworthy and the name is not.

Find your processor first

Press the Windows key, type About, open About your PC and read the Processor line.

• Core Ultra: the Core Ultra tier below.
• Otherwise the first two digits of the model number are the generation: i7-13700HX is 13th, i7-1165G7 is 11th.
• AMD, Ryzen or Athlon: refused, at any price.

The model line (Predator, Nitro, Aspire, Swift, TravelMate) does not change the answer. The processor generation does.

Covered: $70 with a proof of purchase, $120 without

Intel Core 12th, 13th and 14th generation. Usually done inside 24 hours. Two of these have been recovered and confirmed; the rest share the platform generation, which is the thing that actually decides it, and are marked as inferred until a capture from one reaches us. How sure we are explains each grade.

Core Ultra: $150 with a proof of purchase, $200 without

Taken on like any other job, at a higher price and up to 72 hours. Core Ultra is a different processor family from Core i7, not a newer version of one, so a brand-new machine sits further from the cheap tier rather than closer to it. None has been through the whole process here yet.

11th generation and older: $100 with a proof of purchase, $150 without

Also taken on, also up to 72 hours. Older machines need more work per model before an attempt can be made, which is what the price and the wait cover. Many machines this old show a code on the screen instead of writing a file, and if yours does, stop here: the free unlocker answers it in seconds and costs nothing.

These need the report before anyone can say

One model number, two different machines inside. Either Acer shipped both an Intel and an AMD build, or the same number spans the edge of the covered window. We will not guess on your behalf, because guessing here means quoting you a price for a job that cannot be done. The report from our tool settles it, at no charge.

Refused, at any price

These are genuine refusals, not a dearer tier and not a queue. There is nothing to attempt, so sending a file for one costs you an evening and tells us nothing we can act on. We would much rather say so here than take your money and find out.

• AMD laptops. The step that reads the machine is Intel only. No AMD version is coming.
• Acer Chromebooks. Different firmware. The community project MrChromebox is the place to look.
• Acer desktops (Predator Orion, Nitro N50, Veriton, Aspire TC). Different firmware; this is laptops only.
• Not running Windows, or no administrator account. The tool is a Windows program. The password lives in firmware, so installing Windows would bring the machine back in scope, but that is your call.
• Windows will not start. There is nothing to run the tool on. A BIOS password normally blocks only the F2 screen, so if Windows will not start for another reason, tell us what happens.

Older Acers that show an 8 or 10 digit code on screen are not refused: they need no service at all. The free unlocker answers them in seconds.

How sure we are

A result we have produced ourselves does not read the same as one we expect. Every class of machine we have an answer for, and how strong that answer is.

How the stored value is built and where it is kept is not published, on this site or in the tool. That research is the service.

Your model is not on this list

That is not a no. This page lists the model numbers the research behind it could evidence, and Acer ships a great many more than that. If yours is an Intel Acer laptop that still starts Windows, it is very likely workable whether or not it appears above.

The route is the same either way: start a recovery. The report tells us exactly what your machine is, and the reply is a firm yes or no with a firm price. Nothing is owed if the answer is no.

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