Ideapad S12 Via chipset

Hello everyone,
I just bought a used Ideapad s12 with the Via CPU.
Model number is 20021
Last owner had a bios password that he couldn't recall so I'm stuck here.
Already tried two solutions to reset the bios that I knew but neither worked
(1st remove battery and power adapter then opening the case and removing the CMOS battery for about 2 hours,
2nd remove battery and power adapter and press power on button for thirty seconds.After this, starting the system while pressing fn and F2)
Anyone knows any other way?I would really appreciate it
I contacted IT support of Lenovo here in Greece and their respond was to change the hole motherboard !OMG!
One second question
The CPU clock isn't steady.It varies from GHz to GHz and unlikely most of the time is at 0.8 causing the system to hang and CPU to work at 100% when doing basic tasks like browsing.
Is this normal? Is there any way to change this?
Thank you very much in advance and sorry for the long message

Hi try to answer a few of your quests...
1. BT there is no manual to explore the S12... but a good help is this how to get inside...S12 HDD Upgrade
but be aware ...you definitely lose your warranty ...
2. Thats mission impossible memory soldered onboard ....means soldered ... not socket based...
3. One free minicpi-express slot ... ok ...dont know if it works ... but even when ... you have 3 GB memory ...
turbo memory works only for Vista ... and its a waste of money... nothing will speeds up ...
4. 7200rpm HDD will only transfer data faster...higher battery consumption eats overall 5-10 minutes... so no fear about that.. loose against SSD but they are more expensive 10-20 times per GB... 160 GB SSD costs equal the whole S12 .... bad ratio ... could be better next year but didnt have a magic glass sphere
5. No graphics acceleration ..
6. Depends on the Windows 7 driver for your Via machine...
not really easy to compare XP with W7 but much more efficent than Vista...
hope that makes something more clear ...
sincerely KalvinKlein
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