Dell BIOS Password Removal

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Latitude c610 Bios Password removal

I have been reading these threads for days trying to short my eprom chip with no success.

today i went on a shorting frenzy repetedly shorting every possible combinaton of pins avoiding the 8 pin.

finally after a week of pulling my hair i have eliminated the password.

thanks everyone for all your help and usefull information. :)
 
Ididmyc600 said:
If you havent done it already, I have been working on a disk that will

1 boot your PC
2 format (or allow you to FDISK your HD) your chosen HD
3 copy the files needed
4 run the DST software

It can be found on the site in my tag under "servicetag,exe"

All the instructions for its use are on the page and on the Floppy, it is a trial thing and if anyone finds any fault with it please let me know

Whilst i'm on about the site did you know that so far (since it was concieved) there have been over 2500 visitors to the site.

I dont admit to being the best software writer on the market but I do try.
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yeah thanks again for the great software i downloaded the new servicetag.exe from the site and created the floppy, this disk will run fdisk and format the hdd while adding the files right
 
altitude said:
this disk will run fdisk and format the hdd while adding the files right
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You can use the disk to run FDISK it wont do the work for you (there is no way to do this as far as I know) but otherwise it should do as the site says, but please do post back if you find any faults or have any questions
 
i have to buy a new adapter because my stupid ide cable has that middle pin blocked and in process of pulling off the pin i couldnt get it all the way out and ended up messing it up :( but what is the best way i can remove that pin on this adapter?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Showi....5"+IDE+Hard+Drive+Adapter+Converter+-+Retail

I don't know if anyone has used this one before but its soooooooooo flimsy

EDIT: on the new service tag floppy on the website when i have to make my choice to format the hdd in the notebook my keyboard doesn't work to make a selection none of the lights go on either (caps lock, num lock etc) the keyboard is usb..
 
altitude said:
EDIT: on the new service tag floppy on the website when i have to make my choice to format the hdd in the notebook my keyboard doesn't work to make a selection none of the lights go on either (caps lock, num lock etc) the keyboard is usb..
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I think the problem lies in setting your BIOS, somewhere there is a setting for DOS support for USB keyboards or similar.

I dont have a USB keyboard myself but i'm certain that that is the setting.
 
Dell D610 Service Tag Change

I am trying to use the CD to change the service tag on my system, I tried using the svctag.exe to no avail!

Please help this is driving me nuts!

Thanks in advance.

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Anyone try this on an XPS M140?

I have read thru this whole thread and also read the PDF file which talks about the varying places for the chips. For the M140, it says that it is between the Ram module and the modem/wireless module. I am unable to gain access to that section and cant find a way there. Something is holding the board down very tightly and I cant get to it. Do I have to turn the laptop right side up and disconnect things there first and then turn it back over to gain access? I can see some microchips there but there is no way to see which one is the correct one because I cant see the chips.

So far, I have turned the laptop face down and taken the CDrom, HD, Battery, Ram out but I need to get to a section that I cant get to?

Can anyone shed some light on what I need to do? Should I attempt to try this as if I am taking the system board out as it shows how to do on Dell's website?
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/xps140M/en/sm/sysboard.htm#wp1000473

Any input would be appreciated!
 
A casualty of a bad April's Fool's joke...!

Hello to one and all I hope i am posting this message in the right place if not i am sorry.. I am new to this forum and am in need of assistance i have a dell inspiron 8100 that some one who was supposed to be my friend locked up with the administrator/ primary password in the infamous gray dell security screen. would you be able to provide an unlock code for it. the guy palyed a april's fool joke on me amd locked the laptop to the point where i cant boot from cd, floppy anything else for that matter and he even forgot what the password was or so he says... any help would be appreciated. i need to file my taxes and the info is in my laptop so you know the stress i am in. :blackeye:

my info is as follows:

SERVICE TAG: #HR1V311-595B
EXPRESS SERVICE CODE: 38641016341
 
Well this is certainly an entertaining thread; I did a search on Google and it comes up at the top of the list. I began reading the first few postings and then was hooked.

Great stuff here, and hats off to Paragon and Ididmy600 for all the help and support they have offered to folks here.

So why am I here? I bought several C-series laptops from the company I work for and am getting them ready for resale. I came across a CPxJ650GT that has the dreaded HD lock. The CMOS is accessible and the HD lock is the only lock in place. The ID info it is prompting for is:

#***********-595b

Since I can verify ownership I called Dell and after they verofied the number of asterisks and my service tag number they offered me the unlock password of n4dvw4de which sounded good but didnt work. They recommended holding the ctrl key and hitting ENTER twice but no change. No num lock or caps lock was on, I even tried and external kbd and no change.

In most circles this unit is considered to be as old as Methusalah (<-sp?) and I am not sure that I can hold Dell liable. (but I will try :) )

Are there any secret keystrokes I missed in this thread? Or am I destined to certain fate armed with a screwdriver and paperclips and chewing gum? I really thought Dell should have been able to unlock this but has there been other that didnt unlock when the correct master password was applied?

model: CPXj 650GT
service tag: JXM5501
 
to MikeTyler

Just junk the drive and install a new one, or at least one that is not Password protected. Dell frequently is not able to help with HDD Passwords as they are stored on the drive in either Firmware, or on a maintenance cylinder at the drives root, and not in the EEProm Chip. There are pro services that can crack them, but unless the data on the drive is needed, or it is a large fast spinning drive, the cost is not worth it.
 
Thats what I thought too. I have tried a few different drives in it and the PC still has the password protect on bootup.

EDIT: It would appear you are correct. The drives I was testing were from other later model machines. I had some older Hitachi Travelstars and they work fine. BIOS shows HD password as disabled.

Thanks for the response, I will tinker with the suspect locked drives in other machines to see what can be done to remedy this.
 
Is it me or does the DST-CDR.iso.zip file not work?

I tried to burn directly using nero and it said "unknown file format"

tried to unzip and still nothing, tried to change the name to .iso!

Please help.
 
It's Alive It's Alive!!!

Ok heres what I did, I used the floppy disk to create an image using Undisker, Undisker created a .img file, Used Nero to create a boot image and Voila bobs your uncle!

Thanks so much for the help, such an informative thread.
 
Marslauncher said:
Is it me or does the DST-CDR.iso.zip file not work?

I tried to burn directly using nero and it said "unknown file format"

tried to unzip and still nothing, tried to change the name to .iso!

Please help.
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Glad to hear you used your head and found a way round the problem, however the ISO is made from an original Dell Disk so it should work OK,

Sorry to ask a dumb question but you did extract the file from the ZIP first then try to burn it, you didn't try to burn the ZIP file as an ISO did you?

I will download the file from the site (in case there is some corruption) and test it.

I'll post the results shortly.
 
mstech316 said:
Hello to one and all I hope i am posting this message in the right place if not i am sorry.. I am new to this forum and am in need of assistance i have a dell inspiron 8100 that some one who was supposed to be my friend locked up with the administrator/ primary password in the infamous gray dell security screen. would you be able to provide an unlock code for it. the guy palyed a april's fool joke on me amd locked the laptop to the point where i cant boot from cd, floppy anything else for that matter and he even forgot what the password was or so he says... any help would be appreciated. i need to file my taxes and the info is in my laptop so you know the stress i am in. :blackeye:

my info is as follows:

SERVICE TAG: #HR1V311-595B
EXPRESS SERVICE CODE: 38641016341
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Sorry to tell you but there is no shortcut to this, you are going to have to go down the road of resetting the EEPROM chip, for all the info you need then visit the site in my tag.

If your friend (ha some friend) has locked the Hard drive then your stuffed as there is no way to defeat the passwords (well there is a way but its costly).
 
If your friend (ha some friend) has locked the Hard drive then your stuffed as there is no way to defeat the passwords (well there is a way but its costly).
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Well this is still a valid topic for me as the drive that is locked is a newer 40GB.

Can I slave it in a desktop machine and do a low level format or something? I couldn't care less for the data, I just want the drive to be usable

MT
 
miketyler said:
Thanks for the response, I will tinker with the suspect locked drives in other machines to see what can be done to remedy this.
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I live in hope that one day we meet someone who can provide a way to defeat a locked HD, just think of the glory this thread and all those who contribute will reap.
 
miketyler said:
Well this is still a valid topic for me as the drive that is locked is a newer 40GB.

Can I slave it in a desktop machine and do a low level format or something? I couldn't care less for the data, I just want the drive to be usable

MT
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Hi Mike

Nope I tried that, if you slave it as a drive it just shows as a zero sized drive, I have tried reading the Sectors with a Hex Editor and it would'nt read it, I'm still looking for a way.
 
I work for a large telecom company and have laptop drives fail all the time. If I cant figure it out I guess I can engineer some sort of damage that might render the drive even more useless and submit it for warranty replacement.

I would much prefer to find the solution and emerge a hero than take the cowards way out on this you know :bounce:

I appreciate both you guys responses here

MT
 
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