hey everyone, my name is Larry, I have owned a Asus ROG Zephyrus GX501GI for just over a year now, and just a few weeks ago I was reinstalling windows 10 pro onto my laptop and when I turned my computer back on I had a user/power on password installed, I am not sure how I managed to do this, I did have an administrator password installed, but now I get to the first splash screen and instantly an enter password screen appears. I cannot boot into the bios, I have tried everything when it comes to resetting the cmos, I am at the point where I am wondering if I were to flash the bios, and start fresh. my only problem being, how do I go about doing that, or how do I get rid of the power on password? currently my laptop has the main battery disconnected as well as the cmos battery, but I am not sure that is actually going to clear the password, I am starting to be concerned, as I mostly use my computer for audio editing, I am not a gamer, and I probably didn't need this computer for what I use it for, which is 100 percent for audio recording, don't get me wrong, I love the computer, its super fast, looks beautiful, but more than what I need on the video side of things, anyways that is neither here nor there. can anyone help me get back into my computer? I have all the documents to reassure anyone who is skeptical of whether I own It outright or am a greasy guy who wants to unlock a stolen computer, I can assure you that is not the case. I asked tech support, and they literally did nothing for me, told me that the computer was essentially broken. I refuse to believe that, as it was working perfectly fine moments before me restarting it.
ive thought about creating a DOS bootable usb drive and flashing it, but I have only looking into it briefly, I am good with this sort of stuff, but would like some advice from someone who knows exactly what I need in order to accomplish that task.
other than that, I have no idea what to do, I need my computer up and running because my desktop is just not able to keep up with the software, and midi I was running and using regularly. so now everything lags when I try and work on songs I had started because the plug ins and all that jazz are to much for it to handle, and quite frankly I cant afford to buy a new laptop, or really put much money into this one.
if someone can please please help me, I would be beyond grateful.
-Larry Freeman
