Dell BIOS Password Removal

I was able to reset EEPROM using paragon33's bootdisk (thanks heaps). If you don't have a usb floppy drive handy here is the boot cd that I made
http://rapidshare.de/files/5361813/bootcd.iso.html

Good luck


i wonder is there a how to with this file? all i keep getting is an error like this, you know who i am, but who are you??????

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caN I GET THE DOC
I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 that I get the grey screen requesting BIOS Password. I purchased laptop at aution. Can you e-mail me the files and docs/instructions that I need to reset BIOS password that have been discussed in this thread? Thanking you in advance!

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Does anyone know how to convert a Dell Tag number to an Express Service Code number. I have been informed that it is some kind of mathmatical conversion. I have Tag but not Express Service Code. I purchased Laptop at auction and need Express Service Code along with Tag to register change in ownership with Dell.

Could you send me a copy of your software for Dell Laptops.
natatale1@yahoo.com.au
D600 is now unlocked, but unfortunately Hard drive isn't. Looks like I'll be buying another H/drive. Thanks for the files. Also note for drtoney send me your email address and I'll pass on files I have.
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Does anyone know how to convert a Dell Tag number to an Express Service Code number. I have been informed that it is some kind of mathmatical conversion. I have Tag but not Express Service Code. I purchased Laptop at auction and need Express Service Code along with Tag to register change in ownership with Dell.
I'm sure the software I have will do that. Mail me and I will send

Hi Paragon33, just sent you an email, could you please be so kind to help me out with my Dell Latitude C840?

Thanx in advance!!

Thanx David for the email! :giddy:

Hi all! I´ve just bought a Dell Latitude D610 in Germany in a low price ... It has a locked bios setup. I can use the computer, but I am not able to make any changes (for example switch on wireless...)
From where can I get a factory admin password? Or can you help me in it?
System number is the following: 7Q47S1J-595B

Anyway: Where can I check the history of this machine?
I tried this latitude.exe, but I became an invalid password. Are there any other solution? Please if you have, send me in E-mail (with a short instruction) (email removed)
THX!

I have sent you the files I used to UNLOCK my D600.

Thanks NATTAL, I'll try it today evening... I hope it will be works, and will be this computer not a waste of money....

Well, I had mixed results! The good news is that it worked and I have access to now. Thanks! The bad news is that now battery will not charge. Power cable is working without battery so power it getting to computer but the battery charge light does not come on and the battery is not now charging. It was working fine prior to shorting trick. I have run Dell diagnostic and on test its says battery charging, but again, it is not and light indicating adapter connected and charging battery does not come on. Is there a way to fix this or is something “fried”? Should I attempt short again? It is not burned out light as when I use program to rest TAG and screen comes up that says it is erasing Eprom the adapter connection/battery charge light comes on. Just so you know all the facts, I also upgraded BIOS from A03 to A11.

Any Help?

For Tony at markllo.com, your mail box bounced every attempt to contact you. Get a free yahoo mail account and contact me again.

The Configure Setup Password and the ADMIN BIOS Password are the SAME. You use the password to first Enable Configure Setup and the use it again to Disable the ADMIN Password. If you do not have this Password, email me at email removed and I will send you a ZipFile to make a Diskette that will delete and then reset the Service Tag. When you do this, the Password that is also stored on the EEProm Chip with the Service Tag is also erased

Paragon33,

I tried the Boot CD created from your Disk. It boots up, indicates System Id, Name & Bios revision and the note : etc ... (Y/N).
Pressing Y, it says
DELL ...

"EE-PCB.exe: Error 0"

then FDD calibration utility.

When I turn on the computer the bios settings are still locked ..

Do you have any idea ?

Thank U

First and foremost I want to THANK Paragon33 for the zip file he sent me
Then I want to share some experience I had.
I burned the extracted files to a bootable CD (I dont have floppy on my laptop)
The problem was that the OS was Windows 98SE (boot floppy image) and when I tried to start Autoexec.bat, an error message was displayed: "EE-CPB.EXE - no such file or directory". After 0.5 h I fidureg it out - this version of DOS I am using converts dashes "-" into underscores "_" and my file is read as EE_CPB.EXE instead of EE-CPB.EXE, but SVCTAG still searches for "dashed" version. So here is the solution in the case: run Autoexec.bat, remeber the SystemID value displayed and also look what is the file version that is needed,i.e. file that causes error (EE-CPB.EXE in my case).Look into the file SVCTAG.INF for the appropriate switches for the executable corresponding to your SystemID (in my case 011e: DELL:EE-CPB:ASSET:/nopause:/forcetype:/s) and run the executanle (my case EE_CPB.EXE xxxxxxx /nopause /forcetype /s) - use "_" instead of "-". This will erase EProm. Now run this: ASSET.COM xxxxxxx /s and you are DONE. (xxxxx is the service tag of your machine without # sign). Good luck to all. And thanks again Paragon33 :) :)

lanfeust333, look at my posting. I think your problem is the similar

Thank you IhateDell & Paragon33, I'll try the Bios trick this week-end !!
Bye

IhateDell

Doesn't work,

I checked in the svctag.inf list and I don't find the system Id of my computer : 0x0182. i think that's the reason svctag returns "error 0". Maybe there's a newer revision of the svctag & svctag.inf ....

Lamfuest, the diskette has worked for me on all the ones I have used it on, except the Inspiron 6000. That uses a different BIOS and password system very similar to the versions used on the old Inspiron 3000/3200/3500/7000/7500 series, which had only a System Password, no Admin or HDD option, and was not service tag based. There may be other models with the same type system. Incidentally, I have updated the files in the DST .zip file to include later models since Phuang made his CD ISO file and posted the link. I also have a later Dell Tech CD(7-20-05) with BIOS, Diagnostics, and Service Tag Software, but the size is too large to send by Email attachment. If anyone reading this has a server that can make it available by download, sing out and I'll mail you a copy you can use to make a download link.

I bought my Dell Inspiron 8200 in a secondhand store.
I can not access any drives (CD, Hard-drive, floppy-drive) nor can I access CMOS-Setup. I simply receive a Message: "" This computer system, # 3PSPL11-595B, s protected by a password authentication system. You cannot access the data on this computer without the correct password.
Please type in the primary or administrator password and press <Enter> ""
does anyone know how to reset primary password(bios) on my computer?Any help would be appreciated.
My Dell is a: Inspiron 8200
Computer system: # 3PSPL11-595B
Service Tag #: 3PSPL11
Express Service Code: 8090224309 [/QUOTE]

I bought my Dell Inspiron 8200 in a secondhand store.
I can not access any drives (CD, Hard-drive, floppy-drive) nor can I access CMOS-Setup. I simply receive a Message: "" This computer system, # 3PSPL11-595B, s protected by a password authentication system. You cannot access the data on this computer without the correct password.
Please type in the primary or administrator password and press <Enter> ""
does anyone know how to reset primary password(bios) on my computer?Any help would be appreciated.
My Dell is a: Inspiron 8200
Computer system: # 3PSPL11-595B
Service Tag #: 3PSPL11
Express Service Code: 8090224309 [/QUOTE]
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hi all,
i got a dell latitude d505, I can get into bios, but cannot change any setting - need the admin password. can someone send me that magic zip file from paragon33 please. will i still need to short the eeprom chip or will the software do all the work? can mail me at email removed

i have a dell latitude d610 i got second hand.
I did not get password need help plz. if enyone could email me
software or instructions i would be gratefull.
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I got the zip file wit software from paragon33 and booted into dos and run the software from a usb stick. reset the service tag and presto...all sorted.

in a nutshell, if it is only admin password that you need (that is you can access bios but cannot change settings) then you don't need to take your laptop apart to short pins on the eeprom chip - the software will do the job for you!

I finally came up with a successful bootable CDR version of the DST .zip File to make a floppy diskette I had previously sent to most of the folks who contacted me. This will allow Dell owners who do not have a floppy drive to use this useful software.
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could someone send me the procedure for shorting
the eeprom chip and its location on the board
dell latitude d610. thank you
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arty5ta, (mat) your e-mail seems not valid (the mail was bounced back to me)

you have to cut the 'NOSPAM' bit from the address. anyway the problem is solved now (read my previous posts). thanks for reply

does enyone have pics of dell latitude d610
eeprom on motherboard.
does the chip have eeprom written on it.
have laptop in bits cannot find chip
would be very gratefull for help please email soon :rolleyes:
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p,s wat pins do you short

i need the zip file wit software from paragon33 and booted into dos and i will run the software from a usb stick to reset my service tag.anyone can help me?pls!Thanks for kindness.

I have a Dell Latitude L400 that I was given because it wouldn't "start". I managed to re-format the Hard Drive by starting it on a Win 98 boot disk and then proceeded to try to load Windows 98 (it had had 2000 before it failed). This failed part way through and I got a message:

"Invalid VxD dynamic link call from VWIN32(01) + 00000714 to device "0009", service 1. Your windows configuration is invalid. Run windows setup again to correct this problem.

To continue running Windows press Y or enter. To quit the current program press N. If you continue your system may become unstable. Do you want to continue?"

When I typed Y I got "WINDOWS A fatal exception OE has occurred at 0167:BFF89763"

I tried reformatting and using my Dell D600 laptops XP disk instead. This all seemed to work until the loading devices stage where it just froze the machine at 34 minutes to go. I have tried again about 20 times and it always stops at the same place (34 mins). It just freezes up entirely.

Have you any ideas? Is this a password issue? When I go to setup the passwords list as clear or not active...

seems to me like a hardware problem. What specs has your laptop got? dodgy RAM or hard drive might give you that error.

Spec seems to be as purchased - IBM Travelstar harddrive 20 GB, Intel's Low Voltage mobile Pentium III with SpeedStep technology at 700MHz, 128 MB SDRAM.

Why would it go so far and then freeze?

I tried reformatting and using my Dell D600 laptops XP disk instead. This all seemed to work until the loading devices stage where it just froze the machine at 34 minutes to go. I have tried again about 20 times and it always stops at the same place (34 mins). It just freezes up entirely.


it remined me once I had a simmilar problem with winxp (always stopping at the same point of instalation) - it turned out to be a bad CD :)
in my opinion one or more of the three is faulty:
1. CD
2. CD-ROM
3. Hard Drive

I'll try another hard drive and CD Rom drive - but surely the Windows setup drive check would have thrown up any problems there - scandisk and format kicked up no problems. As for the CD, it seems a bit unlikely that Windows 98 and XP should have similar problems.

I'll report back on success! Thanks for your thoughts.

"VxD" stays for Virtual Driver, which means one or more of your drivers are loaded incorrectly. As was said there might be different reasons for that, from bad RAM, bad HDD or just corrupted copy of the file (which means the installation CD has problem. If I correctly understood you have same problem trying to install Win98 and Win XP, which makes me think that the problem is RAM. Unfortunately you cannot tell if your RAM is bad because BIOS tests the integrity of RAM and DOS uses only the conventinal part of it (first 640k) The "upper" memory is accessed during installation of Windows (also when running Windows) or with some special testing tools under DOS. (some DOS games use "upper" memory also)
So I suggest this - try replacing the memory chip and try install. In my experience (I had at least dozen like this) replacing memory helps. But beware (this is the tricky part) - a memory that works fine on one PC may not be compatible to other PC.
Also here http://www.memtest.org/ you can find a free memory test software (but even if memory passes the test that doesn't mean RAM is OK)
Good luck!

Hi I've bought Latitude c640 bios version a05 out of the local paper recently unfortunatley it's got the main password on it at bootup so i can get it to do anything I've looked for the epprom and I've found a HT24LC04 so I'm assuming it's similar to the others 24c02 types I've tried to short it out by using pins 3-6 and also pins 4-6 but to no avail ? can anybody help? it would be much appreciated. The service tag on it is #1F5HN0J-595b Thanks.

email removed I have some additions to the Shorting technique which will improve your chances. Also try pins 4 and 5

thank you for all the help
found chip beside modem compartment
shorted pins 3 and 7 worked like a dream installing win xp
just now
paragon is tops :bounce:
ps has enyone got drivers for laptop
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i´ve just bougt an Dell Latitude D505 with 24LC04B eeprom... is there any way to shorten it, or will a program work with -595B service tag? i´ve tryed but nothing works

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uppdates: 4-7 worked or was it 4-6? hmm... any way now my hdd is locked is there any way to unlockit?

Not an economical one that I know of. Pull the harddrive and replace it. Before installing a new one in the laptop, rerun the DST program to delete and then reset your Service Tag. That will remove any hangover from the previous HDD Password on the EEProm Chip, and head off trouble later.
Since I posted this originally I have found a site which can clear Harddrive Passwords on some brands/Models of drives. I cleared a Toshiba MK4026GAX 40gb this afternoon at a cost of $49.50.
I have started a new thread here
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic36229.html

thank you for all the help
found chip beside modem compartment
shorted pins 3 and 7 worked like a dream installing win xp
just now
paragon is tops :bounce:
ps has enyone got drivers for laptop
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Enter your OS and click Find downloads
http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/index.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs

Hi, i have a question.

I, doesn't have any problems with Admin Pasword on Dell Latitude C600 Series Laptop, but i have another Problem with Hard-Disk password authentication System, i cannot get Access to my Hard-Disk without the Password, because i forgot it.

Can anyone help me with it?? ("And i read complete Threat here, but nothing helps, because i have #***********-595B Series")

My Laptop Numbers:
Service Tag is: D8RM50J
System is: D8RM50J-595B
Hard Disk #*****12V5H9-595B is protected by a password authentication System.......

Someone pleeeeeeeeese help me, i am newbie i this things. Thanks... :approve:

I think that works on ALL of them

Since the CMOS stores all the settings, removing/replacing the battery will reset the BIOS password.


you're the 1st one that has solved the problem.Same thing happened to a friend of mine and i cleared the CMOS and no more password.

you're the 1st one that has solved the problem.Same thing happened to a friend of mine and i cleared the CMOS and no more password.

Yes, but that will not work on Dell laptops or at least the ones since the Latitude CP. Disconnecting the Reserve CMOS batter will reset BIOS Defaults, but the Passwords are stored on a different(EEProm) chip and that is not affected by disconnecting the CMOS Battery.

Yes, but that will not work on Dell laptops or at least the ones since the Latitude CP. Disconnecting the Reserve CMOS batter will reset BIOS Defaults, but the Passwords are stored on a different(EEProm) chip and that is not affected by disconnecting the CMOS Battery.



you woul;d probably know more than me about it since i have never had a Dell.I have an HP laptop

Cheers Guys for all your help I got it working in the end it was pins2 and 5 for me worked a charm just need to reset the tag...

Wasssup all i was reading thru all da posts- i would like to ask this -- i have the dell inspiron 8500 of course with an admin password protect on it. now ive unlocked ibms and older dells. now this particular one does not have a jumper. Does anyone have a schematics, manual, location of jumper/ cmos.. ive been searching for a lil bit no luck- the help is greatley appreciated.

Wasssup all i was reading thru all da posts- i would like to ask this -- i have the dell inspiron 8500 of course with an admin password protect on it. now ive unlocked ibms and older dells. now this particular one does not have a jumper. Does anyone have a schematics, manual, location of jumper/ cmos.. ive been searching for a lil bit no luck- the help is greatley appreciated.
No jumper and disconnecting the cmos battery will not clear a password on the later Dells. You need to short the eeprom chip and then power cycle the board to clear the Primary BIOS Password(Grey Screen) then you reset the Service Tag. For an AdminPassword/Configure Setup Disabled, just deleting and then resetting the Service Tag will erase the EEProm and take care of that. I have the necessary instructions and ST software. Contact me at
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dst prog.?