Password locked Portege Z30-A-10Z - BIOS needed.

Anyone have a back up bios for a Portege Z30-A-10Z laptop.
My laptop bios has locked me out with password and need to program a new bios chip with new bios.
I cant prove ownership with Toshiba with original receipt so they wont help as I purchased it from ebay a wile back and the seller is no longer registered :(

It is very stupid situation now. If your notebook is locked by BIOS password you have big problem now and nobody here can help you. BIOS password must be removed by authorized service provider.
BIOS password is very important security feature so any problem with locked machine must be handled by ASP. There are several different methods for BIOS password removal and it has nothing to do with BIOS backup or some kind of new BIOS installation.

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