Thank you for your reply..rajkumar501
The "invalid configuration information - please run setup program." message appears for a bunch of reasons...the date not being set, the HDD not being present, no optical drive, a different amount of system memory....and others, usually in a BIOS UNlocked laptop, after a minute or two pause, processing, it then puts a message about hitting the F2 key to Enter Setup and fix/adjust/account for the issue.
If you have a Grey Screen BIOS passworded D830, you will NOT be able to paperclip it away as is described in all of the guides. As much as we would all love it, the D830 is a very much newer model, it does NOT have a shortable chip (That any of us have yet discovered)...it is NOT a supported model for paper-clip shorting method.
Good Luck...
but.. I made a mistake, my laptop is a Dell Latitude d820. His biosprogram is blocked and I always get the gray/black screen with the option to fill in the master bios password.
How about that one? Is it possible to shortcut it's bioschip with the paperclip method?
The latitude.exe program generated for me a password, but it didn't worked.
Where can I get that password?
Is there someone who can help me?
My service tag number is: BRMKS2J-595B
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