Dell BIOS Password Removal

Anyone contacted Dellpass on whether his pdf is freely distributed or is it distributed with certain limitations? No royalties involved as on page 3 it said no charge. The old version seems not specifying any limitations on distribution of his work except specifying its copyright of Dellpass!

On eBay, at least 2 people have been make use of his works by selling his pdf, shame!

Anyone contacted Dellpass on whether his pdf is freely distributed or is it distributed with certain limitations? No royalties involved as on page 3 it said no charge. The old version seems not specifying any limitations on distribution of his work except specifying its copyright of Dellpass!

On eBay, at least 2 people have been make use of his works by selling his pdf, shame!

As the editor of the site in question , i have contacted the writer of the PDF and he has asked me not to distibute it, therefore I am withdrawing the document from the site and a link to his site will replace it, however the other files will remain as well as links and anything else considered to be freely available.

JUd

So where is the link to dellpass's website for the pdf? The link provided by Paragon33 will not link to the pdf.

Edit:

The link is slow and is fine now.

So where is the link to dellpass's website for the pdf? The link provided by Paragon33 will not link to the pdf.


Hi Sam,

The link works OK for me, but please note it does not take you to the PDF it takes you to the site where you can BUY the updated version, as soon as I get some money spare I will be investing in it (for my own use not to go on the website.)

Jud

Yes, thanks. I guess the pdf is the result of joint efforts of 2 persons who are selling it on eBay.

Hi paragon, i am josh who wanted to remove his bios config password on his d505, thanks to your instructions, a adapter that cost £11 from maplin, i finally removed the password and changed my service tag, i have taken some photos of the process if you want them for your site, i cannot thank you enough!! thank you!!

[QUOTE=josh8178]Hi paragon, i am josh who wanted to remove his bios config password on his d505, thanks to your instructions, a adapter that cost £11 from maplin, i finally removed the password and changed my service tag, i have taken some photos of the process if you want them for your site, i cannot thank you enough!! thank you!![/QUOTE
Josh, It is not my site; it is hosted by IdidmyC600 Thank you for the offer

sorry i thought it was yours!

Hi Everyone,

I wondered if someone can assist me in any way. I have a Latitude C600.

All the BIOS settings are locked out and I need to enable the CD-ROM drive so I can boot from XP install CD.

I can get in to the BIOS using F2 and on Page 7 of 7, the Admin password says enabled but I can't even try it. The Config password is the one that asks me for one.

Is there a way I can get past this so that I can change BIOS settings?

Is the only method using PaperClip?

If there is a way other than pulling the beast apart I would much prefer this as I seem to mess things up when I try tinkering about like the PaperClip method shows! :blush:

Cheers in advance for any advice.

See Ididmyc600's message #570 and download Dell's service manual. If you read the C600 manual and still not confident to do it by paper clip, then donate your Dell C600 to a charity organization!

If you decide to do it by paperclip, there are a lot of people here will gladly help. The 1st step is download Dell's Manual and familiarize yourself with C600 on how to dismantle the laptop and to access that particular chip mentioned by Paragon33.

sorry i thought it was yours!


Hi Josh,

The site is mine I just call it paragon's site as he is the expert, use the link in contacts and let em know if youwish to be named as some like anonymity.

Thanks

Jud

Hi Everyone,

I wondered if someone can assist me in any way. I have a Latitude C600.

All the BIOS settings are locked out and I need to enable the CD-ROM drive so I can boot from XP install CD.

I can get in to the BIOS using F2 and on Page 7 of 7, the Admin password says enabled but I can't even try it. The Config password is the one that asks me for one.

Is there a way I can get past this so that I can change BIOS settings?

Is the only method using PaperClip?

If there is a way other than pulling the beast apart I would much prefer this as I seem to mess things up when I try tinkering about like the PaperClip method shows! :blush:

Cheers in advance for any advice.

Hi Joe

As it is just the BIOS that is locked , read the section in the site about building a Hard drive that can be used to reset the service tag , you can use the existing drive as you are planning to reinstall XP,

If you need any further help feel free to use the forum or email me using the link at the site.

Regards

Jud

Hi Jud,

Am I right to say:

1) Take the HDD out the Dell and put it in to another laptop (any make will do)

2) Format the drive so that it is FAT32 and has DOS Boot files on it (format c: /s)

3) Extract the files from DST.zip on to the drive

4) Replace HDD in to Dell and switch on

Should this work or am I not pointing in the right direction?

I did try another HDD in the Dell but this will not boot, why is that?

Many thanks so far.

Hi JoeKing.

I recently reset the Admin password on my C600 with the great files and help from IdidmyC600 and Paragon33. I didn't need to take my laptop apart at all!

Do you have a floppy drive that you can boot from? If so, make a bootable floppy and copy the files from DST.zip onto it and boot from the floopy. It will clear the EEPROM and the passwords. In my case, I needed to have both a working battery and AC adapter plugged in for it to work. However, it sounds like I was the first one to encounter this as others have done it without a hard drive, battery, etc.

Connect your floppy drive to your laptop and check your boot order in the BIOS to see if the floppy drive is listed. If the hard drive is before the floppy drive in the boot order and since you can't change the boot order because the BIOS is locked, try removing the hard drive so it will go to the floppy drive to boot. If the floppy drive is before the hard drive in the boot order, then you should be fine for booting from the floppy disk.

Hope this helps...
Al

Hi Jud,

Am I right to say:

1) Take the HDD out the Dell and put it in to another laptop (any make will do)

2) Format the drive so that it is FAT32 and has DOS Boot files on it (format c: /s)

3) Extract the files from DST.zip on to the drive

4) Replace HDD in to Dell and switch on

Should this work or am I not pointing in the right direction?

I did try another HDD in the Dell but this will not boot, why is that?

Many thanks so far.


That's the length of it, Paragon does recommend using a desktop PC to format the drive using a 2.5 to 3.5 adaptor, but it should work and as as for why another drive wont boot i can;t answer without knowing what happened when you tried to boot.

If you need anymore help please post back

Hi JoeKing.

I recently reset the Admin password on my C600 with the great files and help from IdidmyC600 and Paragon33. I didn't need to take my laptop apart at all!

Do you have a floppy drive that you can boot from? If so, make a bootable floppy and copy the files from DST.zip onto it and boot from the floopy. It will clear the EEPROM and the passwords. In my case, I needed to have both a working battery and AC adapter plugged in for it to work. However, it sounds like I was the first one to encounter this as others have done it without a hard drive, battery, etc.

Connect your floppy drive to your laptop and check your boot order in the BIOS to see if the floppy drive is listed. If the hard drive is before the floppy drive in the boot order and since you can't change the boot order because the BIOS is locked, try removing the hard drive so it will go to the floppy drive to boot. If the floppy drive is before the hard drive in the boot order, then you should be fine for booting from the floppy disk.

Hope this helps...
Al


Sounds like a good plan, unfortunately I can't comment as I don't have a Floppy drive for my C600 to test the theory, so if any kind soul has one spare and doesn't mind sending it to me I would be ever grateful ( I know they can be found on ebay but i'm a tight ar*e), and if your feeling really generous I really need a DVD drive ( I know i'm dreaming but I can try).

Hi adinelt,

I can get in to the BIOS but not make any changes what-so-ever!

The only drive that is enabled in the boot order is the Hard disk.

Guess that means there is no way of booting from a floppy then?

Hi Ididmyc600,

Thanks for your post.

The current drive from the Dell is NTFS. If I use FDISK and re-build the drive so that it has a single FAT32 partition, put boot files and DST.zip files on it, should this work when I put the drive back in to the Dell and boot up?

The error that comes up is no primary disk found and therefore can't boot!

Is there likely to be anything on the drive that is hidden and will get removed so I won't be able to use it at all after I re-format it?

Thanks so far chaps.

hello to all i read the forum and i have done many things like people have described earlier
i can' t eneter with a floppy and the dst files also not with a cd-rom
i have take out the hard disk and set it in onother laptop it gives the same screen wit admin password wich i can't get trough what to do now i have tried every software the pwhacker doesnt work for me it ends on 595b
can someone help me the bios version is a14 help please

Hi Ididmyc600,

Thanks for your post.

The current drive from the Dell is NTFS. If I use FDISK and re-build the drive so that it has a single FAT32 partition, put boot files and DST.zip files on it, should this work when I put the drive back in to the Dell and boot up?

The error that comes up is no primary disk found and therefore can't boot!

Is there likely to be anything on the drive that is hidden and will get removed so I won't be able to use it at all after I re-format it?

Thanks so far chaps.

Hi Joe, no there is nothing on a HD that will be affected by FDISK, just follow the guide on the site and you should be good to go


if your getting Primary disk not found that means the drive is knackered and isn't being detected by the Laptop, you wont be able to use this drive unless you can download the manufacturers diagnostic software (usually a floppy disk that you boot with and have the drive connected , dont worry if the BIOS wont see it as the programs tend to find them if not then it is beyond help) and fix the drive.

I don't know from your post whether you intend to try and use the faulty disk to reset the service tag or if it's just a spare that you have, If you dont have a working disk then you have 2 choices, either buy a new HD from ebay or see if you can get one locally for a good price.

Let me know, I do have a couple of drives that I intend to put on ebay soon but can sell them privately (both are 10 Gig I think)

what can i do can anybody help me to remove the passwords :knock:
i tried almost everything i have read the forum about 3 times and its no succes for me :dead:
what can i do when i start the d600 it gives admin password i tried to enter setup ----no succes :suspiciou also no succes on boot menu
bios version is a14 i removed the hard disk also i tried to boot from floppy disk and cd-rom i also tried the pwhacker ist not helping me who can help me ?

oke i only want to hack the bios security i bought this laptop and it secured what to do now

Hi Ididmyc600,

I've got a very old Toshiba Satellite Pro 4600 that has a drive in it that works fine and has Windows 2000 on it. So what I did was reformat the drive and put system files on it so it would boot. I used a Windows 98SE CD to do this. If I now test the new drive in the Tosh, it boots up to a DOS prompt...GREAT!

Now I take the files from the DST.zip and also put these on the hard disk (I do this using the floppy drive in the Tosh). When copy files across I am asked if I want to replace 'Command.com' file and I say 'Yes'

Reboot Tosh and this still works but only says something about not supporting service tags! Anyway, it still boots to DOS and looks good.

Now if I put this drive in to the Dell, this is when it fails to recognised the primary disk!

Do you think if I use the Dell drive, put it in the Tosh and repeat the steps above it will work when placed back in to the Dell?

I really want to be sure before I screw up the Dell drive and am left with nothing!

Any advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks again.

oke i only want to hack the bios security i bought this laptop and it secured what to do now


Well firstly read the forum in full , your question may well be answered in it
.

Then if you don't have an answer, let us know what type of Laptop you have.

Then what it is you need to do.


1 line of question is not going to get you an answer..

Hi Ididmyc600,



Do you think if I use the Dell drive, put it in the Tosh and repeat the steps above it will work when placed back in to the Dell?



Thanks again.


Hi, my your hardwork, I dont see any reason why the drive should fail in the dell, unless you have an issue with the ide controller, do you have any HD's that boot in the dell?.

Try what you suggested and let us know, I take it you are putting the drive in the dell with the blade adpator thingy that converts the drive to a dell , (if not it wont see the drive,

The adaptor thingy converts from the pins of the HD to a single line and is black, I keep forgetting to put it on when I change drives

see here http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/adaptor.html
Hey Paragon you reading this thread and do you have any thoughts :haha:

what can i do can anybody help me to remove the passwords :knock:
i tried almost everything i have read the forum about 3 times and its no succes for me :dead:
what can i do when i start the d600 it gives admin password i tried to enter setup ----no succes :suspiciou also no succes on boot menu
bios version is a14 i removed the hard disk also i tried to boot from floppy disk and cd-rom i also tried the pwhacker ist not helping me who can help me ?


Well first you can try being a but more precise about what happens when you fail in your quest,

Firstly do you get a grey screen with the words..

This computer system (enter tag here ) is protected by a password authentication system, you cannot access the data on this computer with out the correct password

If so and your tag (after the words this computer system) ends in 595B then the software for resetting the password wont work and you will need to use the paper clip method to reset the EEPROM.

If it just the BIOS that is locked (ie you can boot the PC up into Windows) then you can use the DST floppy on the website to build a bootable floppy disk that will reset the service tag this will clear any passwords.

Let us know and try to be precise with your answers

Look here for the files you will need

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/

Jud

oke thanx for ur post
first i am gonna tell u exactly the problems i have

1 i get the gray screen with thos words exactly like u sayed its protected bla bla

2 the hard disk is also secured i know this because i have pulled in another laptop same story there came white screen bla bla only with this hard disk

thanx for given me a solution for paperclip mode
could u please send me the whole story with fotographs because i dont want to make the laptop broke and i never have done this before so could u give me the whole description so i can do nice and slow

i hope the story is now good to understand could u gave me some feedback i am waiting for your post :angel:

oke thanx for ur post
first i am gonna tell u exactly the problems i have

1 i get the gray screen with thos words exactly like u sayed its protected bla bla

2 the hard disk is also secured i know this because i have pulled in another laptop same story there came white screen bla bla only with this hard disk

thanx for given me a solution for paperclip mode
could u please send me the whole story with fotographs because i dont want to make the laptop broke and i never have done this before so could u give me the whole description so i can do nice and slow

i hope the story is now good to understand could u gave me some feedback i am waiting for your post :angel:


OK so your Hard disk is protected by a password,,,, your stuffed we don't have a method (yet) for getting rid of the protection, sorry you will have to buy a new HD.

I can't send you the photos and a walk through to do the paper clip method , you will have to buy the manual from the writer who's link is at the website here.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/

Good luck and do keep us informed

Jud

Thanks to the guys on this thread for all the good info.

I found the chip about 5cm away from the speaker ports on the top side of the board , about 1cm away from the broadcom chip. on the middle line of the chip is "24c04n"

I couldnt use the paper clip as the chip is under the graphics card. Soldered a wire to pins 3 and 6 , then connected them when needed. I _strongly_ suggest using "kynar" or "wire wrap" wire, it's thin and single strand and bends easily and stays bent (I use it a lot for modding xbox's).

I had to "jump" the connector in the "dell" screen about half way along the progrss bar. I just held it on untill the manufacturing mode screen came up.

From there I went into the bios, then ran the boot disk to reset the tags. All done, thanks for coming.

I emailed paragon for the info pack, but I don't need it now, all the files on his site will be all you need (as well as some eagle eyes for the chip for diff boards).


Cheers to those involved with making this public (and free)

oke thanx for ur post
first i am gonna tell u exactly the problems i have

1 i get the gray screen with thos words exactly like u sayed its protected bla bla

2 the hard disk is also secured i know this because i have pulled in another laptop same story there came white screen bla bla only with this hard disk

thanx for given me a solution for paperclip mode
could u please send me the whole story with fotographs because i dont want to make the laptop broke and i never have done this before so could u give me the whole description so i can do nice and slow

i hope the story is now good to understand could u gave me some feedback i am waiting for your post :angel:

With the pdf, it helps you to understand better, without it, you can still clear the EEPROM that Paragon33 mentioned many times. If you are not familiar with your Dell D600, goto Dell's support website and download the service manual with which you can take your D600 apart easily and confidently. Locate the EEPROM and do the paperclip method. Once you open up your D600, its really easy and a piece of cake to erase the password.

1st step, download D600 service manual from Dell support website
2nd step, read the manual until you are familiar with the taking apart details
3rd step, start taking it apart with proper tools, i.e. a proper Philips head screw driver or you will strip the screws
4th step, find the EEPROM and be familiarized with Paragon's thread on loacating the EEPROM.
5th step, paperclip the EEPROM as mentioned by Paragon33.

Whether you are going to buy the pdf from dellpass on eBay, you still need steps 1 to 3. Comeback to this forum if you have any problems in performing any of the steps.

Hi, my your hardwork, I dont see any reason why the drive should fail in the dell, unless you have an issue with the ide controller, do you have any HD's that boot in the dell?.

Try what you suggested and let us know, I take it you are putting the drive in the dell with the blade adpator thingy that converts the drive to a dell , (if not it wont see the drive,

The adaptor thingy converts from the pins of the HD to a single line and is black, I keep forgetting to put it on when I change drives

see here http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/adaptor.html
Hey Paragon you reading this thread and do you have any thoughts :haha:

Many thanks for letting me bounce this back and forth with you and I know I must have been a bit of a pain and sound loopy :giddy: I just wanted to get it all clear before having a shot at it.

Anyway, the good news is that the first drive I used from the Tosh worked today and I can now say that the BIOS on my Dell C600 is now unlocked, allowing me to change and enable boot devices which was my goal. I was using the little black strip to change the interface but perhaps I had not seated the drive correctly.

So thanks very much to all, especially to you Ididmyc600 for being patient with me ;)

Very good site and excellent knowledge base, will defintely visit again for more tips :grinthumb

Keep up the most excellent work chaps

especially to you Ididmyc600 for being patient with me ;)

Very good site and excellent knowledge base, will defintely visit again for more tips :grinthumb

Keep up the most excellent work chaps

Another satisfied User, glad we could help, a bit of news for you all, I'm away this weekend, I'm going to Blackpool for 3 days puke: so I wont be posting or replying to threads until Monday evening sometime,

If you do post then please be patient for a reply.

Any one no how to remove the bios password for Dell Latitude D400 Laptop. I have seen all the post for other Dell laptops but am not sure if it applies to this model.. Please help!!!

Any one no how to remove the bios password for Dell Latitude D400 Laptop. I have seen all the post for other Dell laptops but am not sure if it applies to this model.. Please help!!!#


Yes it does apply to the D400 , The chip is located on the left side of the Laptop under the keyboard,

Remember though you can use the software password generator to get the master password if your service tag does not end in 595B.

I suugest you have a good read through the last few pages of this thread, it's where there are links to my site that has all that you need, as well as user input from people who have managed to reset their Passwords.


Any more help ??? then please post...

I know i should be getting ready for my 3 day break but I just can't help helping...... :haha:

I need help...

i`ve located the 24LC04... but i don`t know which pins i must short
if anyone could help me...
maybe few words about whole procedure shorting them and what next ?

sorry for my english.. :blush:

I need help...

i`ve located the 24LC04... but i don`t know which pins i must short
if anyone could help me...
maybe few words about whole procedure shorting them and what next ?

sorry for my english.. :blush:


Hi, according to the manual you short pind 3 and 6 ,

Pin 1 is the first pin next to the notch ,


Good Luck

Joe, Did you also make the Partition Active when you made it and then Formatted and "sysed it? Did you unzip the DST file while up under Windows? You can do the prep on the Main Harddrive in your laptop computer when it is blank, go to your PC with a the NB to PC IDE Adapter, unzip the DST file, put it into the laptop and boot into DOS, do the Service Tag delete and reset, and then clear the drive before starting OS install. I did my Harddrive setup on a small capacity older drive too small(1.6gb) for much else, as I wanted to keep it for future use, but using the main drive in your laptop this way is also eminently workable.

Ididmyc600! thanks for your reply, but my services tag ends with 595B and the laptop has no CD drive or Floppy drive and I don't seam to be able to find this "24LC04... " chip can you help?

If 3/6 pins do not work, try 4/6 and 4/5. In case of some doubt , the pins are numbered Counterclockwise around the chip starting with 1 in the lower left corner and 8 in the upper left as you look at the chip with the type number right side up

Hi All,

Seems that maybe the site and the help are getting through to everyone at last as the post's seem to be slowing down, the site has had over 600 hits and I have spent the evening (yes it was to cold whilst I was away so I came back early) doing an overhaul on the site, it's a bit clearer now,


Take a look

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/


Jud

take a look at http://www.********.net.ms/ . Procedure is tested and works fine with Latitude D400, D610.



Is this guy on commission ?, The forum is to help people by giving advice, not sending them to a site where they have to pay money for that advice.

Nearly every post he has have done has this link to Dellpass, dont believe me check this link to his other posts
http://www.techspot.com/vb/search.php?searchid=820075


Please stop posting the link, it is included in the new website I have put up and if people want to buy the guide then they can do.

I understand thay you feel that you have a crusade to go on and you have made your point previously in this forum, but now it is time to stop,

Thank you

Hi everyone !!


Im new here.. i has big problem with my laptop
I've got a Dell Latitude D610 . I need to reset the BIOS password or Admin password.

the cd-roms will not boot from the cd... it was locket in the bios..

i've already called dell 5 times, and each time they say sorry !!


Does anyone have any info on reseting this password???

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/
Follow the directions to make a DOS bootable Harddrive with the DST.Zip files unzipped/Extracted ALL to it. OR you can use the link to make a DOS bootable USB 2.0 Memory Key with the DST .Zip file, if that is not also disabled or locked out in BIOS. The HDD method is the best as that can not be locked out if the computer works with windows at all.

Hello tutti quanti,


I read this tips ..

Piquant et génial heureux

Je vous laisse découvrir dans sa version original ce post !


nope... you don't have to do that... just gotta jumper pin 3 and pin 6 on the "24c02", or "24u05", or the "24c164" or whatever chip resides in the location marked "upw1" (i think it stands for "unremovable password" lol) at least that's what it was on my D500... You really have to do some looking for it, mine was behind the PCMCIA slot.. only had to take the K*Y, one heatsink, and the pcmcia slot off.. then lift back the plastic, Carefully soldier wires to pin 3 and 6, then route them outside (i went through the fan opening), then put it all back together. then press the power button, short the wires for 2 seconds, then it "should" say "***Manufacturing Mode - Level [1]*** Press Fn-X to return to normal mode" then when you see this, press F2, after bios comes up, press ESC, choose "Save and exit" then reboot... if "manufacturing mode" still comes up press Fn-X and it will exit that mode. you may have to mess with it a few times, but don't leave the wires shorted for more than 2 seconds. "the first time i did it i got a overheating warning, and it was gonna be shut down.. don't worry bout that, you've come this far, try it again... it actually came up for me by doing the following
Step 1. press power.
Step 2. short wires 2 seconds.
Step 3. disconnect wires, wait 2 seconds.
Step 4. short wires again for 2 seconds,
Step 5. disconnect and wait for "Maintenance Mode" text.
Step 6. Hit F2
Step 7. Hit ESC, Choose save and exit
Step 8. Enjoy your unlocked Laptop (with NO service Tag)

ok... got that straigtened out.. but now it says "service Tag:Not Installed" in the bios, so it will not let you save a new admin or configure password, but you can lock the harddrive, so good enough. (i can just imagin that call to dell support. "What's the service tag number?", "It says 'not installed'", "WTF, How'd you do that????") LMFAOTIPMP

Title says it all .... :haha:

But yes it is good advice, theres plenty more on offer in the forum if you have a good read through.

Hi @ all.

I have a Dell Latitude c610 with the grey screen on every boot, will not boot from cd or hdd etc.

I have tried everything I have read on this forum. I have completely disassembled the notebook, found the 240cxx chip and shorted the pins 3/6 3/7 4/6 4/7 and nearly every other combination I can think of.
I get varying results, from no power up (just power light coming on) when short applied before boot on any combination of pin's; to powering off at the flashing cursor in the top left of screen after fan coming on when applied at any stage through the boot up loading bar.
I have tried most stuff on here ranging form message #116, #212-#277, #313, #346, #602 ect ect. From rapidly pressing the power button to cycle power to holding the button on for 1-8 sec.

I don’t give up easily and im not gonna give up on this one.

Do I need to have the notebook plugged into AC power when im trying to short the pins or does it not matter?

I know there are no instructions or set rule to this science but in short im getting closer to that 'doorstop' time.

Any help greatly appreciated. My email if neededemail removed

Thanks all, gr8 forum...

Hi @ all.

I have a Dell Latitude c610 with the grey screen on every boot, will not boot from cd or hdd etc.

I have tried everything I have read on this forum. I have completely disassembled the notebook, found the 240cxx chip and shorted the pins 3/6 3/7 4/6 4/7 and nearly every other combination I can think of.
I get varying results, from no power up (just power light coming on) when short applied before boot on any combination of pin's; to powering off at the flashing cursor in the top left of screen after fan coming on when applied at any stage through the boot up loading bar.
I have tried most stuff on here ranging form message #116, #212-#277, #313, #346, #602 ect ect. From rapidly pressing the power button to cycle power to holding the button on for 1-8 sec.

I don’t give up easily and im not gonna give up on this one.

Do I need to have the notebook plugged into AC power when im trying to short the pins or does it not matter?

I know there are no instructions or set rule to this science but in short im getting closer to that 'doorstop' time.

Any help greatly appreciated. My email if needed email removed

Thanks all, gr8 forum...
You definitely need the AC adapter plugged in. Try this technique; use pin Pairs 4/6 or 4/5 alternatively. Power on and then short at times varying from immediately to as long as 6 seconds and hold your short until the laptop shuts down(early), continues to a grey Password screen (late), or comes up with the Manufacturing Mode screen which persists("Sweet Spot" & HOME!!). I cleared 5 Inspiron 8000 boards in a single afternoon with this technique; the chip on those is the same as yours and in the same location.

I cleared 5 Inspiron 8000 boards in a single afternoon with this technique;


Paragons bragging again (Big head) :haha: ,

Anyone interested in a Notebook Hard drive with the Software for resetting your Service tag included on it, if so email me with an offer,

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/contact.html

can only post to UK as I don't trust overseas postage, (sorry to all those outside the UK)

Hey guess who just bought a 40GIG NB HD for a fiver.... :grinthumb

Jud

You definitely need the AC adapter plugged in. Try this technique; use pin Pairs 4/6 or 4/5 alternatively. Power on and then short at times varying from immediately to as long as 6 seconds and hold your short until the laptop shuts down(early), continues to a grey Password screen (late), or comes up with the Manufacturing Mode screen which persists("Sweet Spot" & HOME!!). I cleared 5 Inspiron 8000 boards in a single afternoon with this technique; the chip on those is the same as yours and in the same location.

Thanks for your speedy reply Paragon33!

I have tried your suggestions to no avail...

I feel I have a fairly good knowledge of electronic principles, I can’t really see where im goin wrong. I wonder why this one just wont have it :confused: :confused:

Anyway I ordered another chip/EPROM (24C02) from RS Components. The S08 surface mount type is discontinued in there stock catalogue so I have the DIP8 package on the way and I plan to solder fly leads to the board and conceal the DIP8 chip under the DIMM cover somewhere. For 75p inc delivery & VAT it's worth a try IMO, bit cheaper than the £24.99 some ebay sellers are asking for...

I presume I can install the new chip and use the boot up CD/DVD I have made in preparation with your .zip files on it and go from there to write the new service tags.
Will I be able to access the BIOS to change the boot order having installed the new chip? Obviously there will be no service tags but also no password/s so it should go to Manu Mode right...?
Is there any procedure the chip needs to go through before being installed or with the notebook do it all?

Also can you email me the doc you have as instructions to writing new service tags?

Many thanks in advance :grinthumb

UPDATE:

DUDE!!! Passwords gone... hoo bloody ray!!

Post shows:
Primary hard disk drive 0 not found

Does that mean HDD 0 - R.I.P?

UPDATE:

DUDE!!! Passwords gone... hoo bloody ray!!

Post shows:
Primary hard disk drive 0 not found

Does that mean HDD 0 - R.I.P?


Glad to hear that yet again we have been of help to someone,

As for the HD yes its a dead un . oh well they can be got cheap enough from Ebay,

Just out of interest how did you get the password clear, ?

Let us know it, it helps others...

Jud