2015-07-08 22:47 GMT+01:00 Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
I bought a used Dell Latitude E4310 that I want to replace Windows7 on with Fedora-22. Unfortunately the BIOS is locked and I do not have the admin password for it. A phone call to Dell was unproductive and none of the passwords offered in an on-line application work. Does anyone know what I can do to access this computer. I can return it, bought through Newegg, but it looks good so far, in new condition and the price is right. It even has a working battery.
I considered opening it and removing the bios battery which I assume would return it to the default conditions which I believe is no password set.
Any suggestions appreciated,
Bob
Read and try this
http://dogber1.blogspot.de/2009/05/table-of-reverse-engineered-bios.html
http://bios-pw.org/
http://dogber1.blogspot.de/2009/05/table-of-reverse-engineered-bios.html
http://bios-pw.org/
Removing battery on a modern laptop should not work, as master/user password are not stored in CMOS anymore.
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Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA
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box10 FEDORA-22/64bit LINUX XFCE
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