BIOS Password

[dipdabear]

I can't get the bios password to work. I don't know any other way in. The service tag is 8X918N1. Can anyone help me please??

Much appreciated!!

 

[John Connor]

There is an ongoing thread here with some tools that might help. http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2244031

 

[dipdabear]

Yeah thanks, I tried all that stuff. Somebody said to give my tag and they would try to help.

Please any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

 

[stinger608]

There is a thread over at TechPowerUp regarding these issues.

http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/showthread.php?t=160366

If you don't see the proper one, post your service tag in that thread and I am sure one of them will answer with the proper password.

 

[techtechie]

find the bios jumper on your motherboard move it over one step. leave it restart your computer it will tel you to move the jumper back shut your computer off put the jumper back and enter bios without problem.

 

[Steltek]

I can't get the bios password to work. I don't know any other way in. The service tag is 8X918N1. Can anyone help me please??

Much appreciated!!

On the BIOS lock screen, there should be an additional BIOS code at the end of the service tag (i.e. a "-" followed by a four digit code). This code is needed by most tools to generate a master password. There are a few BIOS codes that passwords can't be generated for yet.

However, try the following passwords to see if any of them work:

z7tz5tnt
2aulgucl
5ENO0PQLzsxbg9u1

find the bios jumper on your motherboard move it over one step. leave it restart your computer it will tel you to move the jumper back shut your computer off put the jumper back and enter bios without problem.

The computer at issue is a Dell Inspiron laptop and doesn't have a BIOS reset jumper. Like most recent laptops (and especially business laptops), you can't reset the BIOS password using a jumper due to the fact that the BIOS password is intended to be an anti-theft measure. Unlike a desktop (which can often be reset using a jumper or by removing the CMOS battery), the password is stored in non-volatile flash memory and isn't even affected if you flash the BIOS.

 

[techtechie]

The computer at issue is a Dell Inspiron laptop and doesn't have a BIOS reset jumper. Like most recent laptops (and especially business laptops), you can't reset the BIOS password using a jumper due to the fact that the BIOS password is intended to be an anti-theft measure. Unlike a desktop (which can often be reset using a jumper or by removing the CMOS battery), the password is stored in non-volatile flash memory and isn't even affected if you flash the BIOS.

there is also a way to do it on laptops it just involves making your own jumper out of cooper wiring. i know of a friend who recently did this its a bit more trick but also doable im sure there are videos on youtube

 

[Steltek]

there is also a way to do it on laptops it just involves making your own jumper out of cooper wiring. i know of a friend who recently did this its a bit more trick but also doable im sure there are videos on youtube

Yeah, what you describe can usually be done. However, you have to be really careful because if you do it wrong, a likely outcome is that you will totally frag your motherboard.

 

[techtechie]

Yeah, what you describe can usually be done. However, you have to be really careful because if you do it wrong, a likely outcome is that you will totally frag your motherboard.

other than the jumper method i know of on other way

 

[webmaster1]

Hello,
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[Virgorising]

there is also a way to do it on laptops it just involves making your own jumper out of cooper wiring. i know of a friend who recently did this its a bit more trick but also doable im sure there are videos on youtube

This is a fact. My very first computer, an incredibly made Toshiba Satellite Pro 420 lappy (I still have it in a closet, I would never throw it away), I took out after it was stored for 5 years and realized could not remember my bios PW!

I read about the above online, could not manage the rewiring myself, but found a pre made one on ebay! It was $15. I had big emotional attachment to the machine, so I got it. It worked.
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Edit: I just delved and found the instructions: http://hackaday.com/2011/03/08/laptop-bios-password-recovery-using-a-simple-dongle/

But I doubt this would be an option on a laptop much newer than my beloved Toshiba, cause parallel ports went away when USB took over.
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Edit: Just found this, unless there is some reason you can't verify ownership, I would follow up ASAP and call Dell.

There's no clear CMOS jumper. If you forget the password, call Dell - upon verification of ownership, they will issue a system-specific master password for you to use to clear the password. The password is not stored in CMOS memory - it is stored in nonvolatile, flash EEPROM memory.


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[Virgorising]

Wait!!!! I believe I found it!:biggrin: Here is the place I found:http://bios-pw.org/ Keyed in yr service tag and voila! See screenie below. Using search engines properly is better than Santa.

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Late edit: Hold on....just visited to see if the OP was on, scrolled up, focused and I see Steltek must have found the site I did, cause he posted the suggested PW data.
So my not having gotten that means my search and post were redundant.

Can't wait to learn if those, using the service tag worked and the frustration is over!!!!!