Baldanders
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Latitude Password
Sorry, I didn't write out the full name: It should be Latitude_MasterPW.exe. This version worked on my XP and Win98SE computers without having to use a Command Line or DOS window. As I wrote before, from what I have read, it will not work on anything but a service tag that ends in D-35B (you will see it when the administrator password prompt screen appears when you try to boot up). I've included the attachment on this post. If the attatchment does not come through (I've never tried to send one here), I'll look for the link where I found the attachment and post it for you.
If you want to short out the NVRAM (or EEPROM), you have to take the laptop apart (you can download a service manual from Dell) and remove the microprocessor board to get to the EEPROM (erasable-programmable) chip. It's an eight-pin chip marked with 24c02 -- though I've heard it can be a 24u05 or something else that starts with a 24. You have to solder fine wires to the third and sixth pins, then put them together (no more than two seconds per try) to short out the chip after you have powered up the computer. Definitely not for the faint-of-heart or unsteady-of-hand -- though the computer is just a doorstop anyway if you can't get it to boot. You can find more detailed info by doing a Google search using terms like Dell/EEPROM/short/password. I took it apart but decided to try the password thing again, and got it to work with the Latitude_MasterPW.exe utility.
Best of luck.
ironman86 said:I have an old Latitude CPx with a password that the owner's daughter set. Now they don't know it and I haven't been able to figure out how to reset it. I haven't been able to get my hands on a copy of the latitudePW.exe or find the chip inside to short the pins. Anyone have ideas or suggestions (or a link for the program) so I can reset the password? I couldn't find what I needed up to now. Many thanks!
Sorry, I didn't write out the full name: It should be Latitude_MasterPW.exe. This version worked on my XP and Win98SE computers without having to use a Command Line or DOS window. As I wrote before, from what I have read, it will not work on anything but a service tag that ends in D-35B (you will see it when the administrator password prompt screen appears when you try to boot up). I've included the attachment on this post. If the attatchment does not come through (I've never tried to send one here), I'll look for the link where I found the attachment and post it for you.
If you want to short out the NVRAM (or EEPROM), you have to take the laptop apart (you can download a service manual from Dell) and remove the microprocessor board to get to the EEPROM (erasable-programmable) chip. It's an eight-pin chip marked with 24c02 -- though I've heard it can be a 24u05 or something else that starts with a 24. You have to solder fine wires to the third and sixth pins, then put them together (no more than two seconds per try) to short out the chip after you have powered up the computer. Definitely not for the faint-of-heart or unsteady-of-hand -- though the computer is just a doorstop anyway if you can't get it to boot. You can find more detailed info by doing a Google search using terms like Dell/EEPROM/short/password. I took it apart but decided to try the password thing again, and got it to work with the Latitude_MasterPW.exe utility.
Best of luck.