Paragon,
thanks for your help on the forum. would you email me the same instruction file at [COLOR="Red"]email removed[/COLOR] please?

thanks!
george

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My Dell D600 has a configure password so that it's not possible to change boot sequence etc. Infrared can't be modified and switched on.
So it's not necessary for admin password but for configure password.
What to do? :bounce: :bounce:

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

Here are all the pics of my Latitude C600 and where is located the famous 24c02 EEPROM:

<http://bazanyjaweem.free.fr/dell_c600/>

NiggaPhil

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That circled one is the eeprom chip

Hey guys, I'm was so glad when I found this forum. I thought, "Finally, a solution!" But, for some reason when I type in my service tag into latitude_MasterPW.exe it tells me that its an invalid input. I've done what you guys said and typed in the whole number, but it doesn't work for me. Somebody please help! My service tag is: #8UBNR**-D35B

Thanks

Type/enter 8BUNR**D35B That gives 2 possibilities, cigun16z and mie9a6i6
See if one of those will work

I just wanted to say a couple things about "Latitude_MasterPW.exe".

1.) If your "Primary Password" is disabled enable it so that when you reboot you can get the whole "serial number" for your Laptop. (Do not put the leading # sign into the "Latitude_MasterPW.exe" program, put in everything else up to but not including the comma) I know this sounds funny about the "Primary Password" but on this Laptop only the "Admin password" was enabled. That means the "initial password protection screen" will not come up when you start your Laptop and that is where THE number is. So anyway when and if you enable the "admin password" then the "configure setup" option is viewable and comes up Disabled so that no one can make changes to your bios settings. You can't even change the date and time! If you disable "Admin Password" then "Configure Setup" is not viewable. Try it. A former employee set this for me and that's why I was stuck. No I wasn't going to call him he got fired.

2.) So in my case once I got the "initial password" screen up and had a new password from "Latitude_MasterPW.exe" I tried what I read and heard from Dell and thi post. Just pressing enter after typing the "new password" clears the "Master Password" but not the "Admin Password". I read the posts again and found one that said to press enter twice while holding down the Ctrl key. That didn't work. But what did work was to press Ctrl+enter and hold it down for a while. I'm thinking I held it until the boot process started and maybe even until the bios setup screen appeared. Then when you go to the security page the "Master Password" and the "Admin Password" options are disabled and there is no "configure setup" option. Cool, ty all.

3.) Just thought I'd add a 3rd thing. I did call dell and they gave me the same "default password" number as the "Latitude_MasterPW.exe" did. Between dell and you guys I can know set the date and time to the proper value. Where Dell support failed, in my case, was not to tell me to hold down the ctrl+enter key for a while. Of course this is just one BIOS in one Laptop in a world full of Laptops. My personal opinion is that if you need security
that bad to protect your computer just live with putting in a "master password" only. But opinions are like A HOs. Everybody has one.

Dave Out

Where the heck did you find this chip on the board?

It literally can be anywhere. What model do you have?

I have model PP08L and since I asked the question, I found the little bugger 24LC16B. I had to take apart the entire notebook to find it on the bottom of the MB! In order to jumper it and put it back together to apply power to it, I had to mark the location and then reassemble the notebook. Then I had to actually cut out about a 1/2" square in the bottom of my notebook in order to access the darn eeprom! I then used a paper clip to jumper the 3rd from the left on top and the 4th from the the left on the bottom. It did not work at first but I had my wife repeatedly cycle the power on and off and it suddenly began to boot into Win. XP! I used the computer for a while and then shut it down. I then tried to boot it and I found I was back to square one stuck on the admin. password screen again! How frustrating! What do I have to do, jumper it every time I want to use it? How can I make this permanent. I was actually going to go into setup when I restarted. Thanks for the quick response.

kindly send me instructions for shorting procedure as well. I have a bios password problem with my Dell latitude C640.

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Hi again. Is it possible to do somethig with pass on chip (it should be at24c164) on hp omnibook 4100. Thanks.

I do not know. HPs use a different system for passwords

Hi Paragon,

I have a C840 that I have now found to have a 595B suffix to the service tag.
I cannot clear the admin password with MasterPW, so I have sent you a email to kindly request the software you have.

I too bought my laptop second hand, but know it not to have been stolen. It required a UXGA screen that was deemed too dear to replace - Obviously haven't heard of that wonderful place called ebay!

I am using it now with the new screen I replaced, but it is running Windows 2000. It is setup with a limited account. As I do not have an administrator password to use it to its fullest, I would like to install a fresh copy of XP on it.

Can't boot from CD without the Admin password though - HELP :knock:

I have the same problem with a Dell Inspiron 8600. My service number ends with 858B so I'm assuming I will have to erase my eeprom. I was looking at the data sheet of the 24LC16B but it doesn't really say how to erase the eeprom. So what do you do once the eeprom is erased? You have to put something back into it. Please let me know how I should go about this. Thanks