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Neil Stone wrote: > Rob Beard wrote: >> Hi folks, >> >> This is probably a really long shot but does anyone have the software to >> generate a master password for a Dell Latitude D500 BIOS? >> >> My brother-in-law has got himself an old Dell Latitude D500 from a mate >> of his but unfortunately it's got a password on the BIOS so it won't boot. >> >> I've done some google searching this evening and it seems that you need >> a specific utility to generate a master password to unlock the BIOS and >> some of the sites I've visited said that I can get a password for the >> great price of $90! >> >> Sods law I did find a utility but it only works on the older Latitude >> notebooks. This one has a 595B version BIOS which uses different codes >> and for security's sake, Dell have used an EEPROM to store the password >> so even taking out the BIOS battery won't work (already tried this). >> >> Just thought I'd check anyway before going down the stripping down to >> get to the EEPROM chip option. >> >> Rob >> >> > Call dell, they can give the codes FOC.. > Guess it's worth a try. The laptop is out of warranty (by about 4 years) but I presume they'll keep records. Rob -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html