Equium A100-338 BIOS Password

Hi all,
At first I want to tell, that my problem is fixed. I have A100 model and I was very happy since Feb 2007 when I bought it. I'm security maniac, so I putted passwords for everything: BIOS user, BIOS administrator, HDD, and few others :) Anyway, everything was OK until... my password wasn't working any more. I'm 100% sure about user, and admin password. So I tried reset BIOS and I took of battery for two days. Of course for nothing ;)
So I called Toshiba Support and very nice person said, that this laptop will be collected from me, fixed, and then they will send it for me completely free. That was only because I bought extension warranty for three years.
Laptop is fixed and now I have problem: put passwords again or no? This is the Question!
I know, that this problem is with few models more too:
Link: [Passwords errors in Toshiba laptops|http://ie.computers.toshiba-europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/faq_selection.jsp?service=IE|Passwords errors]
So what if password will crash again? Without any reason? And what?
Have I send it every time to ASP and have I wait for three days?
I need my laptop for work as well, so maybe Toshiba can fix it *PERMANENTLY* on every laptop?

Hi
I searched in the Toshiba knwowledg base mentioned in your message above but I didnt find any articles about the BIOS password issue on A100 notebook.
I found some articles about Tecra A3 or Satellite A80 and this should be fixed by BIOS update.
Regards

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