~Toughbooktalk~

Hi! guys, anyone of you know how to bypass a bios password on Dell Inspiron 700m. I just bought it recently with detail that the DC jack was broken off. Short story. I fixed it soldered a new one and its works but to my dissapointment it has a bios password on it. I try everything I know but it didn't works. I bought it for my niece who is now in college way back home and need a laptop for school. Now! I am trying to locate the eprom chip but I can't find where it is located on the unit. Any help from you guys? thanks



teo

Can you reflash the bios to clear it ?
Is there a lithumion battery that can be removed to clear settings?
Did you run clearcmos from a bootable floppy?


Alex

i used google but most of the answers are not related to what people are asking. You will link to a site with no end but no exact answer.

Second: the c mos battery thing, no effect.

Third: you cannnot reflash the bios on floppy as the bios locked to harddrive only, cd rom no go too.

I think the bios will be gone when i throw it on a concrete floor(st..p Dell). This Dell laptop is some kind of a garbage, no use. I don't know why people are keep buying this crap as If they forgot their password it will be a piece of junk.



teo

Did you try the trick of running it on the power supply only (no main battery) with the bios battery also unplugged and then removing power plug a few times so that it goes dead each time?
This always worked for me on the Toughbooks and a few of the older Toshibas, but I have never had a Dell to try it on..
Good luck

Bob

Still no luck, If somebody can tell me the location of eeprom chip, I can reolace it by myself coz i know that this sh..it thing uses different chip.


teo

I know this is an old thread. Did you find a solution? I've read that you can NOT get past a Dell's PW. You have to pay $ to get past it.