Asusrescuepassword

Good news guys.  I was having the same issue as everyone else.  A friend gave me a laptop that someone gave him but it had a bios password.  He couldn't unlock it and I pressed Alt-R during the bios password screen.  The date was 2015/12/24.  The person that mentioned going 10 years back on the list is a lifesaver! It worked!  I used the password from 2005/12/24: BAADALAA
 
I have now bypassed the bios password but now also have to bypass the windows password.
 
thanks so much!

if you scroll up at bit and read the comments.. 
 
""It looks like the codes might repeat every 10 years. So I would suggest starting with the month and date combination from 10 years prior to whatever date""
 
i did this on my asus- x205TA. the date was. 2012-01-09  so i did go back 10 years to 2002-01-09 and tried the code and it worked for me
 
But anyway try this code, otherwise i dont know..  --->  2008-01-17"  21AAALLC " 

This SOOOOO MUCH THIS! ^ Thank you OP and Asusrescurepassword! You guys rock.

THE STORY:
So a buddy if mine brought me a laptop that he had found from cleaning out an abandon house. Laptop was dirty as hell and looks beat up but still turned on. It was a ASUS model X55A (I think). I thought when he said he needed for me to remove the password he meant it had a password to get into windows. Easy enough. But when he brought it over and turned it on, first thing to pop up was grey text box that said ENTER PASSWORD. Damn this thing has a admin bios password. I had fixed a similar asus computer years ago that had a bios password. I just needed to google the list of recovery codes to remove the password. Jumped onto google found the list and damn again! This list only goes until 2012... It's 2017. Started thinking... 3 options... call asus and try to get a recent recovery password (I hate calling tech support when I am the tech support), google a bit deeper to see if someone cracked the algorithm to the recovery codes, or... open up this laptop to remove the CMOS battery to reset the internal clock. So about 20 minutes later and 3 missing screws later I had the laptop taken apart and back together. Turn it on and press alt+r to bring up the recovery password option and now the date is 1/1/2009. Awesome. Consult the list of recovery codes I found online. Type in the code for that date...and boom password removed. 
 
LONG STORY SHORT:
If an ASUS computer has a admin bios password at boot.
1) Open computer and remove the button battery on motherboard to reset clock
2) Check the recovery date by pressing alt+r at the ENTER PASSWORD screen.
3) Consult this list for the recovery password  http://pastebin.com/L3c3rySj
4) Enter recovery password at recovery screen.
5) Eat pizza?
 
This process requires another computer or at least your phone. (I assume you got one because you're reading this)
 
I know this process sounds simple but I saw tons of people talking about this online and there wasn't a simple guide to solve the problem. If this guide helps one person then mission accomplished.

Thank you OP for this wonderful thread. @Asusrescuepassword 🤟 This works like a charm even in 2022. I used this trick for my ASUS Vivibook S510UN, and I was able to access my boot menu with the first trial password itself.
 

My solution if "ALT+R" doesn't work.
 
First of all thank you to everybody in this forum for your tips.
 
I had also the problem that ALT+R not worked and my BIOS was up to date. So i thought about a BIOS downgrade.
Another problem - WinFlash does not allow downgrades normally.
Solution: open WinFlash with cmd and parameters
1. open cmd (Win + R then "cmd" enter)
2. type in the following: "C:\path_to_your\WinFlash.exe"/nodate
3. WinFlash opens and you can use older BIOS files
 
Next Problem: get an old BIOS file
In my case Asus just offers the Bios versions 311 and 313 and both were to new.
https://www.asus.com/supportonly/ROG ZEPHYRUS(GX501)/HelpDesk_BIOS/
So i hovered over the download button and right clicked. Then select "copy link address" and copy the link in a new tab.
example: https://dlcdnets.asus.com/pub/ASUS/GamingNB/GX501VSK/GX501VSKAS313.zip
Now before you hit enter manipulate the last numbers in the url. I tried every number from 300 - 313 and i was lucky. I got the following BIOS versions: 306, 307, 309, 311 and 313
 
Then i flashed the oldest version (306) and hooray now the "ALT+R" worked and i  got the date 2022/1/20 and had to go two times 10 years back in the list and the recovery password worked.
 
I hope this helps somebody and sorry for my bad english

Thank you very much, I was checking the page for my date it was not there, till I saw your post.

Thanks for the post. I was unable to reset my system date, but I found a workaround and wanted to share for any future viewers. I found that the codes listed in the paste bin above (http://pastebin.com/L3c3rySj) had a pattern. Every month/day combination shares the same last 4 characters. So it's the year that changes the first set of characters, and these characters repeat.
 
For example:
At the password prompt, press alt+r Take note of the date displayed. For me it was 2017-05-11 Use Ctrl+F to search the paste bin for your month and date. I used "-05-11" Use the codes you find until one of them works. Mine was the same code as 2007-05-11 from the paste bin. It looks like the codes might repeat every 10 years. So I would suggest starting with the month and date combination from 10 years prior to whatever date is displayed after you press alt+r.

Thanks for the post. I was unable to reset my system date, but I found a workaround and wanted to share for any future viewers. I found that the codes listed in the paste bin above (http://pastebin.com/L3c3rySj) had a pattern. Every month/day combination shares the same last 4 characters. So it's the year that changes the first set of characters, and these characters repeat.
 
For example:
At the password prompt, press alt+r Take note of the date displayed. For me it was 2017-05-11 Use Ctrl+F to search the paste bin for your month and date. I used "-05-11" Use the codes you find until one of them works. Mine was the same code as 2007-05-11 from the paste bin. It looks like the codes might repeat every 10 years. So I would suggest starting with the month and date combination from 10 years prior to whatever date is displayed after you press alt+r.

Thanks for the post. I was unable to reset my system date, but I found a workaround and wanted to share for any future viewers. I found that the codes listed in the paste bin above (http://pastebin.com/L3c3rySj) had a pattern. Every month/day combination shares the same last 4 characters. So it's the year that changes the first set of characters, and these characters repeat.
 
For example:
At the password prompt, press alt+r Take note of the date displayed. For me it was 2017-05-11 Use Ctrl+F to search the paste bin for your month and date. I used "-05-11" Use the codes you find until one of them works. Mine was the same code as 2007-05-11 from the paste bin. It looks like the codes might repeat every 10 years. So I would suggest starting with the month and date combination from 10 years prior to whatever date is displayed after you press alt+r.