Dell Lat D600

[shanekerry]

I got a second hand dell latitude D600, however it seems to have some sort of bios lock on it (i think) it pops up with a grey and black screen saying that the computer has been locked, gives the network ID of the laptop and then asks for an admin password, you get 3 tries at this and then it switches off the laptop,

I have tried to remove the BIOS battery and this doesn't do anything, have had a read online about it being some kind of hard drive lock?

I was told to download an ISO and boot into it to change the dell service tag on the machine, however I can't boot from CD as it asks for the password again lol

Any ideas guys?

[lambo]

can you not get the password from the guy you bought it from

[abbs2002]

Originally Posted by shanekerry

I got a second hand dell latitude D600, however it seems to have some sort of bios lock on it (i think) it pops up with a grey and black screen saying that the computer has been locked, gives the network ID of the laptop and then asks for an admin password, you get 3 tries at this and then it switches off the laptop,

I have tried to remove the BIOS battery and this doesn't do anything, have had a read online about it being some kind of hard drive lock?

I was told to download an ISO and boot into it to change the dell service tag on the machine, however I can't boot from CD as it asks for the password again lol

Any ideas guys?

You should remove the CMos battey for a couple of minutes and the setting should clear, if not remove the same battery again and boot up the laptop when it finish booting up turn it off pop the battery back in go ito BIOS set the time/date and on you go m8.

[shanekerry]

Originally Posted by shanekerry

I have tried to remove the BIOS battery and this doesn't do anything, have had a read online about it being some kind of hard drive lock?

as I said tried this doesnt do anything aparently, the passwords are stored in an eprom chip on the motherboard somewhere, I asked the ebay guy about the password and he claims he never put one on there lol

[Analoguesat]

As its got a network id its probably stolen

[shanekerry]

you rekon? that sucks, im not sure if its the network ID proberbly the service tag actually as isnt the network ID assigned in windows?

[shanekerry]

fixed it, aparently the bios password is saved in an eeprom chip on the motherboard, which can be erased by shorting it out, worked a treat!

[lambo]

which pin's did you cross to short it

[shanekerry]

second up from the bottom of the chip on either site of the eeprom, if you cross them with like a paper clip or somthing and then boot the laptop up if you get it right should go into a black screen saying manufacter mode and asks you to press fn + x to continue

Edit - If you remove the PCMCIA card reader there will be a black bit of tape under neath if you pull this off the eeprom can be found underneath (incase you didn't already know)