Even though I cleared all the passwords with the paperclip trick on my C540 Bios, I still formated the hard drive and reinstalled the OS. If you have a Stand alone operating system (EX: Windows 98SE, XP) then I would boot with this CD and put in a fresh install.

You have as much chance of getting access to that disk as there is of meeting Elvis,

Forget it , its locked and there is nothing anyone can do (well there is an online service but its pricey)

Glad to see you solved the Passwrod problem though, i'm so glad we can help.

Hello Howard ...

SO what beings you to our little corner of the forum, ??

I don't mind its nice to see royalty here, I thought that we had been forgotten by those in the upper classes or have you posted on this thread before (somewhere in the last 37 pages).

Oh believe me i'm just thankful to have gotton rid of that gray screen. I have no problem buying another hard drive. I'm just going to reset my service tag and give thanks to paragon33 as well this site and the people on it to help everyone. Thanks a bunch all.

I don`t know about royalty lol.

To be honest, I can`t remember if I`ve posted in this thread before or not.

The reason for my post was because I had directed bluecat1 to this thread in the hope that it would solve his problem, which it did.

I then thought it`d be nice to follow up on his post and thank him for letting us know, his problem was solved.

Regards Howard

try using cmospwd. you put it on a bootable floppy swuch as a win98 disk, which you can get from bootdisk.com, and when you activate the program, then you kill the bios. this will erase the password. It may however also flash the bios at the same time, but i think you can go around that little feature.

Oh PLEASE , dont you think that if it was that easy then we wouldnt bother running this thread.

The password is not located in the BIOS chip but on an EEPROM chip totally seperate from the BIOS.

Posting statements like this just causes confusion in the long run and I would really appreciate it if you would consider editing the post to avoid confusion.

If you dont believe me just read back through the thread (all 37 pages of it) and you will see what I mean.

Jud

See my website for more info the link is below

I don' appreciate the rude tone from you there ididmyc600. all i am doing is trying to help. If you were me would you have read through all 37 pages? no exactly so maybe i didnt know that the origional problem was solved. in case you havent noticed it says in training, so therefore i dont know everything.

Well maybe you should have done...

Jud, Dell deleted 3 of your posts you made on the 24th. Have you tried to log in lately?

Ididmyc600 and skarmory2002. Please keep it civil guys.

This is one hell of a good thread. It`d be a shame to spoil it.

Thanks.

Regards Howard

After everybody stops arguing, I located some more Dell (and other) passwords:
http://e-tech.ca/017-Default_Passwords_ad.asp

Hi I just found a random wee software pack from a link on this site and I used it to remove my service tag number and re install the same number and in doing so erase the admin and config passwords that someone else enterd before I brought my laptop (dell latitude c610) from its NVROM chippy thingie. The filename for this amasing wee pack is svctag.exe and apparently it works on all dell portable systems. It runs under a win98 dos boot disk I just extracted the files to my USB memory disk, as it tells you to do then copied them onto my floppy disk and booted off the floppy disk then ran the program. When it asked if i wanted to remove my service tag i said yes and then when it said what service tag would you like to enter i re-enterd the origional tag number and it worked. re booted the laptop and the passwords were reset. No dicking round shorting the NVROM pins and rebooting for me. Well pleased. [COLOR="Red"]email removed[/COLOR] if you want the file if you cant find it with google or somthing put dell in the subject line.

Hello community i have a dell latitude D6oo labtop with a password bios can anyone help me to clear it,once you open the labtop it goes striaght to the password.

xtype729
how about READING this thread? The info is all there, so take the finger out!

As the title says, this is a message of thanks to IdidmyC600 and Paragon33 who between them in this forum (plus Idid's site) have created the largest knowledge base of Dell password removal I've found to date on the 'net. :unch:

Whilst I've not had anywhere near as many machines go through my hands, the 27 or so that I've had an opportunity to have a go at have largely been done as a result of the information posted.

So folks, all the information you'll ever need is either here, on IdidmyC600's site, or (in the case of service manuals etc) available with a little searching for free elsewhere. 38 pages (at the time of writing) may be a lot of reading, particularly for those where English is not your first language, or thinking is not your favourite hobby, but it is ALL HERE!

Just thought a little gratitude wouldn't go amiss!

ALl the files you have can be downloaded from the site in my Tag, its the official place for the files mentioned in this thread

Regards
Jud

And all feedback is gratefully recieved, thanks for the vote of confidence as well it makes me feel good to know that we can help


Jud

Check out the site in the tag below

Jud

Go here.



[url]http://homepage.ntlworld.com/judslat/paragon/[/url]