EliteBook 2530p BIOS Password Failures

My company has purchased 30 or so HP EliteBook 2530p notebooks. We set the BIOS password on every machine. Now, out of 30 or so machines we are unable to get into the BIOS on at least 6 machines. We know the passwords and they have not yet left our lab for deployment to the users. I've been searching for a known BIOS bug but haven't found anything online that I'd call solid. When I contacted HP they had me try all the standard BIOS reset procedures and none of them resulted in the password being reset or able to be accessed. I was instructed to send the machines off to HP so they can replace the mobos. Since they were so willing to do that I assume it's a known issue.
Has anyone else encountered this? Before I gather up these notebooks and either take them to a local HP contractor or send them to HP is there anything other than popping out the batteries and letting the BIOS reset to attempt to reset the password?
Thanks!

Have a look at this article. Helped me. http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01798858&dimid=1137549722&di...

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