Dell BIOS Password Removal

Hi Folks

Does anyone know how to identify the security chip on the M/B,i`m gonna try and short it,(got nothing to lose) to get rid of the administrator password.

Contact me at email removed. The Docs I send have the location marked in a picture and have procedures for shorting it. It is a small 3mmx4mm 8-connection chip with 24 in the type number and in most types a C also

ti ho contattato tramite email... paragon 33


grazie

im prety sure i read through all the posts on here but i didnt find any info on how to remove the passwords on a dell latitude 3700...or maybe reading that many posts made me semi unconcious and i just missed it lol. the service tage thing is F5B2E if that is any help. i called dell and they said its a corporate service tag. thats because my dads company was throwing it away and he picked it up for me. anyways, if there is a way then please let me know, if not i called dell and they said to call back in a few days because the guy that does that stuff is out sick...go figure.

xPLaR,email removedThe docs I have use a Latitude CPx as an example and Inspiron 3700 is a hardware clone of that model

parago 33,ho attivato come da te richiesto.... attedo tua email

cesco21it@yahoo.it

I have a Latitude d400 and cant find the chip any ideas? Been looking all evening I found one that says eeprom 24c something. This is by the pcmia slot.

Paragon33 I'm going to email you this looks like what i need thanks

ok the stuff you sent me worked perfectly...the .pdf file to be specific worked for me. opening up the laptop and shorting the chip worked. problem now is that there is a hard drive password too :( is there a way to clear the pass or even format the drive so everything is gone. i dont really care what was on the drive and the pass is only used so that noone can access the drive so there has to be a way...or not lol.

Thanks Paragon , i`m normally thicker than the offspring of a Villiage idiot and and a TV weather girl, but i followed the instructions, and it worked first time!
Cheers mate.

well thanks to the help here i did unlock the laptop but now like everyone else theres the little problem of the locked harddrive if there is any way a free one that is to unlock this thing then i would be forever greatful the ***** that sold this to me and like many of you from e-bay needs to be smacked for not knowing the password or shipping a locked computer in the first place the guy i got mine from wont even respond to any of my attempts to contact him so im either screwed and need a new drive or theres a way to save this 40gigger please help anyone thanks a ton.

What would be the point of a security password that could be so easily bypassed..?

Generally, BIOS passwords are a joke with desktop PCs. On mine, I unplug the ATX power supply, remove the battery, reinsert it, clear CMOS, re-plug, no more password.

Paragon33,

I have just sent you an e-mail. Please help me, thanks.

Sam

hi paragon,
i need some help with my latitude c 610.
it comes up with a grey screen and it asks for an admin password.....

could you send me the pdf file of how to shortcut the eeprom,
and the boot cd i need to get my laptop running again??
Thanks

my e-mail is email removed
sorry for my poor english.

Paragon,

If you need e-mail adress to send those files, here it is:

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Thanks in advance.

Hello! Please, the eprom of a Dell Latitude D610 is 24c04n? Thanks for your help

Please, help me with my Dell Latitude D610. What can i do?? I don`t remember the password, please, help me

email removed You will need an email address which will accept large and .ZIP attachments. A Yahoo account works the best and is free

Many of you have have asked me about Harddrive Password removal. I have only the results on this linked page in techspot to offer as help and it is not free! It worked on a Toshiba 40gb that I was given with a Password lock and left the data and software at status quo.
http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic36229.html

DID YOU EVER FIND OUT HOW TO CRACK THE ADMIN PASSWORD? I CANNOT RESET BOOT ORDER TO BOOT FROM A: TO RUN THE KILLCMOS PROGRAM... I AM LOCKED OUT... ANY IDEAS? :hotbounce

I got a Dell laptop computer off ebay and Im having a hard time getting around the Bios password. I was getting ready to trash this thing until my friend reffered me here. I have an Inspiron 3500. My tag number is VZLLB and my express code is 537-290-39. Dell wont help me because I don't know the previous owner and I can't get in touch with the person I bought it from. Can anybody help me PLEASE!!

The Inspiron 3500 does not use Passwords based on the Service Tag, which is a paper Tag only for reference purposes. The EEProm Chip's location and recommendations are found in the .pdf file I send. You will not need to reset your Service Tag in BIOS on this model after clearing the Password. Contact me at email removed for the files

i have done my d505 first time round with the paperclip method.well i say first time round i did take my laptop apart twice untill i realised where the chip was,

if you need any help with a d505 just give me a shout........

i have a dell d800 with a bios pasword can u help

i tried the paper clip trick and it did not work

I have used the paper clip method and it worked fine for me many times. I have used that method for several years and occasionally it fails but you may have to repeat the process a couple of times on the stubborn ones. Also, most of the time you have to jump across the second set of pins, sometimes you have to try the third set. I solder wires that are long enough to stick out of the pcmcia slot, then assemble the machine. Once you do the paper clip thing, you can cut off the wire that sticks out of the slot then use a small screw driver to push the remaining wire back into the case.

i tried the paper clip trick and it did not work
I am not sure as the D800 is a very late machine and Dell tries to stop the cracking by making it tougher. I woukd try Shorting after the boot starts and at time varying from milliseconds up to as long as 6-7 seconds. Also try 3/6, 4/6, and 4/5 pin sets
Dell also amends/updates the SVCTAG.EXE files used to reset Service Tags after the shorting takes you a Manufacturing Mode Screen, and also increases the number. Since I started all this about 2 years ago, the EEProm Erase files have increased by two.The original files I had were EE-XP, EE-CP, EE-CPA, EE-LS and EE-LS2. EE-Value and EE-CPB have been now added as of 7-20-05. There is a later version of the software out at this time, but I have not been able to find a copy except once , and was out bid on that one. I have had 2 reports from folks that EE-CPB comes back with an error and refuses to reset the Service Tag after the shorting on some of the later models. AS I have said a few times, this is a work in progress and will probably never be finished

on the d505 you short the 3 and 6 pins.just start it up wait 2 seconds and zap it.job done

i dont think mine i a bios password i took the chip off the board and is still there i think the prosser is passwoard what do u think

:) Hello Paragon33

I've been reading all the posts from the VERY start
<and damn thats a lot! :haha: >

As I see you are the offical dell support tech helper lv3 tech
<which makes all dell support techs you get lv. 0's :haha: >


Ok can you please send me that package too?
I have allready emailed you 2 times and am not sure if you got the emails so I said what the heck why not join and post a message about it?

here is my email
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Ok I will tell you what I got and where I am at on this.

I got a inspiron 5100 and I can't get into the bios <like everyone else>
BUT I got the password for the harddrive which is ...um dell <yea don't you wish they were all that easy?>

And I tryed a billion different passwords which would be as simple for the bios and no such luck BUT thats not the problem the problem is the winxp got messed up <its my friends> and I cannot fix it with that drive since it doesn't boot to cd since someone who had it before messed with the boot options and so thats not a option <stinks> and so if i get another drive no biggie.

I could just take that laptop drive put it into another laptop START the winxp install <the part where it says copying files to your drive and does the FIRST RESTART>
then take the drive put it back into the dell laptop and put the winxp cd in there and poof we got winxp installing.

THE PROBLEM I got only one harddrive for my current laptop and don't have any xtra ones and so I am to the point where this password MUST DIE!

I allready got the svctag software and ran it in dos
<why not windows? well my drive has winxp and ain't to happy to be in a new laptop and made it very clear about this> SO I cut my drive and installed os selector and put on win98 as well but found out the svctag works best in dos from what I have seen anywayz.....I can change the to anything I want but the pass is THERE still so I know I am doing something wrong.

Shorting is LOOKING REALLY GOOD right now and I was avoiding it since I am not sure what 2 pins / from what angle <your left or my left :haha: > to do it BUT this is allready day 4 and I'm pissed like every OTHER DELL USER :haha: .

and its not even MY DELL to make it worse! Anywayz I need your help so PLEASE email me ALSO I saw you needed hosting well I got your back fir that BIG file you said you got <this is all in the mails I sent you the other day>


AGAIN I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR BEING A GOOD SPORT AND HELPING THESE PEOPLE OUT! PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS GUY DON'T HAVE TO DO THIS! he is just being nice and helping out and for that I give this guy a 10 without even thinking about it!

In other words YOU FREAKING ROCK!


Love to get you in chat some day and talk some tech with ya!

can any1 help i have a d505 and it is locked i have the laptop apart and located bios under the pcimia slot i have bridged pins 3+6 and booted up several times but it is still locked and help cheers

can any1 help i have a d505 and it is locked i have the laptop apart and located bios under the pcimia slot i have bridged pins 3+6 and booted up several times but it is still locked and help cheers

Try pin sets 4/6 and 4/5. On the late model chips, let the machine start to boot before shorting; the time to delay after pressing the Power switch should be varied from no delay to as long as 6-7 seconds. There is apparently a "sweet spot" which can vary from machine to machine, where the boot is far enough along that it does not simply shut down, but is not yet locked and committed to the Password Grey Screen.

thanks for the quick reply

it has come up with manufactring mode fn+x


pressed power button it gets as far as near full process bar then sticks where it is

any ideas

THANKS Paragon33

I got your email and got the files and I will get to work on my dell inspiron 5100 ASAP!


:bounce: :bounce: THANK YOU! :bounce: :bounce:


Guys don't forget to post a thank you to Paragon33 since he don't have to do this and he is which is a big freaking deal!

<not even dell gives you this good a tech support I know I called!>

thanks for the quick reply

it has come up with manufactring mode fn+x


pressed power button it gets as far as near full process bar then sticks where it is

any ideas
You may not have cleared the EEProm Completely. In my Additions file, I recommend not hitting Fn+X or rebooting, but instead put the DST diskette or DST CDR in the drive and boot up with it, then delete and reset your service tag; that also erases the EEProm chip and finishes the job. I would go back and short again to the MM Screen, then run the DST file. Contact me at email removedfor the DST files and my Additions file. No charge

i have emailed u as of what iu have done will the disc run form the manufacture window.

as when the machine is as it is now i cant get any further then the progress bar nearly full.

cant get in to bios or boot up using f12 to slect boot device


cheers

ben

Your Download-Link: http://rapidshare.de/files/9281698/Happy_Dell_Files.rar.html

I FOUND THIS AND IT HELPED ME A LOT.
so if you want to fix your laptop you should try this!


tell me Paragon33 if these files are good! :wave:

i have emailed u as of what iu have done will the disc run form the manufacture window.

as when the machine is as it is now i cant get any further then the progress bar nearly full.

cant get in to bios or boot up using f12 to slect boot device


cheers

ben

Ben,
If you have laready tried F2 to get into BIOS without success, you may like to go to the top of this page, there is a guy who has already done with a D505. Try him/her if you have not yet done so.

Paragon,

Thanks for the 2 e-mails sent to me recently. I have read thru the 63 pages and I found it to be great and I am confident that I can do it, though I have not yet dismantle my CPiA yet. When I am done, possibly this weekend, I will report back.

I can t remove the bios password! need help! Please help email removedHow are?

Mr Plain Key,

I finally cracked the Primary BIOS Password on an Inspiron 1150. It required obtaining a USB 2.0 Bootable Floppy Drive to run the diskette I previously spoke about. But first, shorting the 24LC16B
requires shorting a different set of connections than the well documented 3rd from the left end, bottom and top for the 24C02 Chip; 4th from the left on the bottom and 3rd from the left on top
Is needed for the 24LC16B. The first three conections on the bottom side are not even conected on this chip, only the 4th which is the VSS(ground) connection. Using these 2 cleared the chip to Manufacturing Mode and then running the diskette reset the ServiceTag with normal operation thereafter and NO Passwords
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hi there ,
i am Inspiron 1150 .same bios password problem ,some uncle got it for me in auction . on the grey screen it ask for password. i tried boot cd posted on the forum but didnt worked . as above u have written that using floppy u were able to crack . i will really thankful to u .plz help me in how to crack Password .

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Am Having This Problem With A Laptop Dell Latitude D600 The Primary Password, I Will Be Greatfull If Someone There Could Help Me.

I've same problem as others in this post. Got used dell d-610 with admin password set. Can't change settings in bios. Any help would be highly appreciated. e-mail me: email removed

Am Having This Problem With A Laptop Dell Latitude D600 The Primary Password, I Will Be Greatfull If Someone There Could Help Me.
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many thanks to paragon what a top guy all that help he gave me was priceless

cheers and many thanks


ben

I was hoping someone could generate a password for me. I haven't had much luck getting the Pw_lattitude.exe to work. My service tage is 800TT31-595B. It would be greatly appreciated if someone could use there working copy to help me remove the BIOS password so that the "L" can be removed from my forehead that my wife sees there (she apparently believes that since I work in an IT area that this should be easy to do).

Thanks!
Steve

I unscrewed the keyboard screws, pryed the keyboard and flipped it up and over, unscrewed and removed the heat sink, removed the cpu board and voila, I saw the 24C02.

I soldered 2 small wires to pins 3 and 6 and leads out thru the vent hole, replaced CPU board, replace heat sink, powered it up and then shorted the small wires that led out the vent hole, nothing happened, admin passwords were still in the BIOS.

Then, I powered it off, twisted the lead conductors together, powered it on again, I went into the BIOS, voila, all BIOS passwords were gone but the service tag was still intact! I removed the CPU board again and removed the wires (a mistake here, I should have let the wires under the CPU board for future clearing of passwords so that I do not have to solder again, its a delicate operation).

I could not remove the password on the HDD though I know the HDD's password.

For erase chip 24lc04b short pin 4 and 6.Power on ,wait 4 second,with a paperclip short pin 4 and 6.try and try again.dont worry ,itwork ,when the 2 led on the right will light on.thanks to Paragon il migliore.

:giddy: :grinthumb

Thanks Paragon for the files to make it a success!