lamo:
* i've read your post again and noticed "k" just before $... sorry, in my reply i didn't ment few dollars like this... don't feel offended.

read more carefully! password = smellyalater
I posted that and it has been posted alot in the forums...

btw I know that you can open a "one time boot menu" by pressing f12 during the dell post screen. not sure if this is available for your model, but have a look. if so you can choose which device you want to boot from.

anyway, good luck with the floppy disk

indeed... i should. great thanks for help, from me and my lady - she couldn't watch me sitting on the floor wondering what to do ;-)

so... THANK YOU !

you're welcome. have fun with the laptop!

mscrx, i'll chewing it for you
you'll need. locked dell D600, programmator(smthng like ponyprog), hot air soldering equipment. unsolder the eeprom, and read the dump using the programmer. read it into *.bin format. post this file here, i'll tell you the password. when you'll do this, i'll tell you how to read the password from the eeprom dump.
usefool, i talk about the price of development, not about the price of single password removal.

lamo, thanks for your reply!

ok, what do you mean by programmator? an external device or something? I already tried this ponyprog tool and it was like chinese to me (even though I like the chinese culture ). from what I understood I do need to pull out the little 8-legged and connect it to the programmator and read out data from there with ponyprog or something else. why can't I use ponyprog and read out directly from the board? sorry for me bothering

I've got a Latitude D505, that gives me the grey screen with password authentication request and service tag: "#43R331J-595B. Pls can anyone help me with a Master password? I hear a guy called Rustam on this forum can do it but i can cant find him.

My Cousin shipped the system for me some six months ago and i havent been able to use it. he got it from an auction

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read here: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic90285.html
and try here: http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic96268.html

I got a Dell Latitude D620 from internet and need your help with the password, here the numbers:

Service Tag: D2Z6RB1-595B

Express Service Code : 28478204605

Many Thanks

mscrx, read this link: http://www.lancos.com/prog.html

you can't read the dump with laptop, because, when you see the gray screen there's no i2c activity. so, make the programmer, it quite simple. or buy the made-one, it costs about 50-100 USD.

ok, I understand this. but that leads me to a problem with supporting appr. 1400 laptops all over europa. I can't just go everywhere and de-solder the chips.

I recently installed Dell open manage client on one of my laptops (I did not install the server part yet). there are some dll files which are being used to edit, change, delete the passwords on the clients bios. I got to sneak into 2 dll files but well... same problem as usual... its chinese to me
any idea on this?

need help

I need master password for Dell D630
svc tag:#HWDG03J-595B
R BIOS A02

mscrx, you mean, that you are administrator supporting over 1400 dell laptops? and all are locked?

well yes I am taking care of appr 1400 dell laptops (d800,d600,d400,d610,d410,d820,d620,d420,d830,d630,d430,m60,m95 and a few other models) plus appr 1000 desktops all dell optiplex from 240 to 755. I am not alone doing this but its 99% in my repsonsibilty as well as the client config (os, software, networking and so on).
they are indeed not all locked but we have times of high fluctuation and we have alot of stupid users who can't remember their passwords after 4 weeks off. sad but true... for the newer models we were locking the bios config so that we can use a "standard" password. but thats appr. 300 laptops by now.

sorry, but its all about the stupidity of others I have to deal with, everyday

mscrx, so you can deal with dell directly, and explain the situation. i think, they'll understand you, and give you a instructions.

unfortunately not. first of all almost every country in europe has their own dell representatives (plus their own support).
We were able to agree some company specific configurations with dell and we could make a list of names with them who will be allowed to open a call for company laptops (because they are not bought all on the same persons name).
but thats it. every password costs $20 and every (excuse my french!) extra "fart" costs. 2400 computers might sound much but for dell we are a medium customer, so... no deal with them.

Name one case where Dell has been willing to do anything about it... even to the extent of board replacement. Dell has consistently refused to become involved, if the board or computer is out of warranty, or is not warranteed to the individual. The warranty does not transfer unless the original owner is known.
Dell will refer you to one of their authorized techs, but they are not trained to repair this issue.
If you know of any instance where Dell has become involved in a password case, please let us know.

sorry I didn't get that?!

never mind

d830 hell

ive got the prettiest brick on the block. ye ole gray screen of death.....and a 595b tag.. anyone? help?





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