--- title: Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI description: A hobbyist attempted to crack a BIOS password on a used HP ProBook laptop using AI-generated brute-force scripts. After six months of continuous attempts at... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/project-fail-cracking-a-laptop-bios-password-using-ai-0hddcopoa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI | daily.dev og:description: A hobbyist attempted to crack a BIOS password on a used HP ProBook laptop using AI-generated brute-force scripts. After six months of continuous attempts at... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/project-fail-cracking-a-laptop-bios-password-using-ai-0hddcopoa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/0HDdCopoA.png og:image:alt: Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI **[Hackaday](https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A hobbyist attempted to crack a BIOS password on a used HP ProBook laptop using AI-generated brute-force scripts. After six months of continuous attempts at nine seconds per password, the method failed. HP ProBooks store encrypted BIOS passwords in separate flash memory, making traditional CMOS clearing ineffective. HP's official solution is motherboard replacement. The experience demonstrates the effectiveness of HP's BIOS security implementation, though hardware-level password erasure remains a potential option. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Removing The BIOS Administrator Password On A ThinkPad Takes Timing](https://daily.dev/posts/removing-the-bios-administrator-password-on-a-thinkpad-takes-timing-72ynuvkqx) · Hackaday · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [I fixed a dozen "dead" PCs with one motherboard trick that nobody talks about](https://daily.dev/posts/i-fixed-a-dozen-dead-pcs-with-one-motherboard-trick-that-nobody-talks-about-ub1qok96i) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Every day in every way, passwords are getting worse](https://daily.dev/posts/every-day-in-every-way-passwords-are-getting-worse-dzpbbkuto) · The Register · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#hardware](https://daily.dev/tags/hardware), [#python](https://daily.dev/tags/python), [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/project-fail-cracking-a-laptop-bios-password-using-ai-0hddcopoa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/project-fail-cracking-a-laptop-bios-password-using-ai-0hddcopoa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/project-fail-cracking-a-laptop-bios-password-using-ai-0hddcopoa"},"datePublished":"2026-01-16T00:13:48.181Z","dateModified":"2026-03-15T04:01:26.315Z","description":"A hobbyist attempted to crack a BIOS password on a used HP ProBook laptop using AI-generated brute-force scripts. After six months of continuous attempts at...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/db0da84722af58c090476aa4f2bf0085?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/db0da84722af58c090476aa4f2bf0085?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hackaday","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hackaday","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--JhDfhy70--/f_auto,q_auto/v1767541814/logos/hackaday","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/project-fail-cracking-a-laptop-bios-password-using-ai-0hddcopoa","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"hardware,python,security","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hackaday","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hackaday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Project Fail: Cracking A Laptop BIOS Password Using AI"}]} ```