Dell Inspiron 700m bios password

illmaticone · September 7th, 2006

Good afternoon,

I have about 3 dell inspiron 700m's laptops all with bios password and set to prompt at power on.

How do i go about removing this?

thank you for your time.

EDIT::: Sorry i wasnt clear, i do not have the passwords

yodageek09 · September 8th, 2006

go to your bios, disable it there. There's an option for the password prompt if you don't like that. hope that helps.

**chastity** · September 8th, 2006

I think the problem is illmaticone can't get into the BIOS it requests a password before it will let into the OS or the BIOS

illmaticone · September 8th, 2006

correct, i dont even have the password

greg3305 · September 8th, 2006

Dell makes it annoyingly hard to reset BIOS passwords. Their official FAQ on the matter states that you have to call them and verify ownership, and then they will be able to help you in some way.

From what I've found, there's no button or jumper to clear the CMOS, but you can always try removing all power sources (AC, battery) from the laptop and then removing the coin cell battery. After a few minutes any residual charge should theoretically drain, resetting the BIOS and removing the password. After a few minutes you can try plugging the laptop in (but don't put the coin cell back in yet) and boot. Once you've verified that the password is indeed gone, power off the laptop, put the coin cell back in, and reassemble the laptop.

The Dell 700m service manual is located here if you want to look into this option. It would mean partially disassembling the machines, but I don't know how many other options you have here.
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...N/SM/index.htm

yodageek09 · September 8th, 2006

oh sorry about that.

greg3305 is right. do that.

**Mainframeguy** · September 8th, 2006

Originally Posted by illmaticone

Good afternoon,

I have about 3 dell inspiron 700m's laptops all with bios password and set to prompt at power on.

How do i go about removing this?

thank you for your time.

EDIT::: Sorry i wasnt clear, i do not have the passwords

oh I hate to say this - but without some further explanation this really looks suspiciously like you are dealing in ill-gotten laptops - care to share how you came by these three notebooks?

yodageek09 · September 8th, 2006

Mainframeguy, thanks for that. Yeah, how did you come up with 3 dell inspiron 700m's.. man, how'd you get those? without you having any of the passwords? hmmm.. seemd fishy to me..

**chastity** · September 9th, 2006

there is some information regarding this problem already posted on here some where if you do some searching.

Wish I had thought of that idea of testing it before putting back the coin battery on the on eI was trying to fix oh well too late now

**LeeJend** · September 10th, 2006

It's been researched thoroughly and results posted here (as Chastity said above) by a buddy of mine.

The password is programmed into an NVM memory chip on the MB, not CMOS, so powering off does not work.

There are crack sites that tell you how to burn the password out of the NVM chip. It requires applying a high voltage pulse to the NVM chip programming voltage pin and is not trivial. The alternative is replacing the surface mount chip which requires skill and preferably special tools.

There is no other way. The Dell laptop security is excellent.

How did you get 3 laptops with unknown passwords?
-Dumpster diving?
-Midnight requisition?
-Fraudulent Ebay auction?

**Shamus MacNoob** · September 10th, 2006

Yeah 3 laptops and no passwords ... bet ya he dont come back to offer us some story about why he has them.

yodageek09 · September 11th, 2006

i'll give it a $100 bucks.. LOL.. let's see if he'll come back!

**Mainframeguy** · September 11th, 2006

we should have a forum section for this and similar posts - so all the dodgery geezers can hang out together....

what to call it though? Den of iniquity? Twilight zone?

illmaticone · September 18th, 2006

I work for the department of education (ny) these laptops are for instructional use. when we recieved this shipment of laptops usually they are prep'd and set with a cmos password. well they werent this time, and the students had set the password.

i dont understand why some people would come at me in such a manner, maybe my low post? and new member? i dunno to bad i forgot my account information from 'xperience' days

**Shamus MacNoob** · September 18th, 2006

Thats almost a good story if they are sent to you preped and passworded , I guess somone did not do their job, so send them back to the person that screwed up in the first place.

**LeeJend** · September 18th, 2006

illmaticone - we come at anyone looking for crack information the same way unless we know them. This is an old, legitimate site with strong rules against providing crack information.

Considering the circumstances you'll have to put the repair back on the supplier. As I said earlier. Dell's are hardware protected to resist cracking. It can be done but with substantial effort and risk. Basically - burn the password chip clean manuually or replace the chip with a fresh one.

illmaticone · September 18th, 2006

thank you guys, i was just trying to aviod having to contact the original supplier as that will take time, which is something i dont have

looks like i have to wait

Thanks again

labradorg13 · October 8th, 2006

Originally Posted by greg3305

Dell makes it annoyingly hard to reset BIOS passwords. Their official FAQ on the matter states that you have to call them and verify ownership, and then they will be able to help you in some way.

From what I've found, there's no button or jumper to clear the CMOS, but you can always try removing all power sources (AC, battery) from the laptop and then removing the coin cell battery. After a few minutes any residual charge should theoretically drain, resetting the BIOS and removing the password. After a few minutes you can try plugging the laptop in (but don't put the coin cell back in yet) and boot. Once you've verified that the password is indeed gone, power off the laptop, put the coin cell back in, and reassemble the laptop.

The Dell 700m service manual is located here if you want to look into this option. It would mean partially disassembling the machines, but I don't know how many other options you have here.
http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...N/SM/index.htm

thanks for this big idea... i try do this by removing the battery but not the coin cell battery.

do i disconnect the coin cell battery connector by doing what you post here?

daemonbarber · October 19th, 2006

Pulling the coincell battery from a dell laptop will not remove a boot or bios password. As was stated above - that password is stored in NVM (non-volotile memory?) - so when the machine boots up again you'll get config errors (So BIOS was cleared) but you will still be prompted for a password.

I know this because I have the same problem with a clients Inspiron 2200 and I've already tried pulling the coin-cell battery. She received it when a tenent of hers declared bancruptcy and was locked out of his office. Apparently he told her to keep the laptop since he owed her a good deal (or so I was told).

Only solution for removing a lost password on an Inspiron laptop is to contact dell, do a transfer of ownership, pay them $50 for an out of warranty tech support call and they'll give you the master password for that laptop. If you come up with anything else - I'd love to hear it.

danielb · October 23rd, 2006

I would sure like to know who you talked to at Dell, as I spent 1.5 hrs on the Indian Help Line and was told at every turn that I would have to replace my motherboard..... this with proof of purchase... and the Admin password was already set when I purchased it from their Refurb site

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illmaticone OSNN Junior Addict Joined: January 2006 Posts: 45 Reputation: 0 Power: 77	Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Good afternoon, I have about 3 dell inspiron 700m's laptops all with bios password and set to prompt at power on. How do i go about removing this? thank you for your time. EDIT::: Sorry i wasnt clear, i do not have the passwords

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yodageek09 Jedi Joined: September 2006 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password go to your bios, disable it there. There's an option for the password prompt if you don't like that. hope that helps. start a nursing agency \| background check

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chastity OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Location: Arizona near the Grand Canyon Posts: 2,108 Reputation: 613 Power: 147	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password I think the problem is illmaticone can't get into the BIOS it requests a password before it will let into the OS or the BIOS

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illmaticone OSNN Junior Addict Joined: January 2006 Posts: 45 Reputation: 0 Power: 77	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password correct, i dont even have the password

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greg3305 OSNN Junior Addict Joined: September 2006 Posts: 5 Reputation: 0 Power: 70	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Dell makes it annoyingly hard to reset BIOS passwords. Their official FAQ on the matter states that you have to call them and verify ownership, and then they will be able to help you in some way. From what I've found, there's no button or jumper to clear the CMOS, but you can always try removing all power sources (AC, battery) from the laptop and then removing the coin cell battery. After a few minutes any residual charge should theoretically drain, resetting the BIOS and removing the password. After a few minutes you can try plugging the laptop in (but don't put the coin cell back in yet) and boot. Once you've verified that the password is indeed gone, power off the laptop, put the coin cell back in, and reassemble the laptop. The Dell 700m service manual is located here if you want to look into this option. It would mean partially disassembling the machines, but I don't know how many other options you have here. http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...N/SM/index.htm

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yodageek09 Jedi Joined: September 2006 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password oh sorry about that. greg3305 is right. do that. start a nursing agency \| background check

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Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,763 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 169	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Originally Posted by illmaticone Good afternoon, I have about 3 dell inspiron 700m's laptops all with bios password and set to prompt at power on. How do i go about removing this? thank you for your time. EDIT::: Sorry i wasnt clear, i do not have the passwords oh I hate to say this - but without some further explanation this really looks suspiciously like you are dealing in ill-gotten laptops - care to share how you came by these three notebooks? hosted by Lord

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yodageek09 Jedi Joined: September 2006 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Mainframeguy, thanks for that. Yeah, how did you come up with 3 dell inspiron 700m's.. man, how'd you get those? without you having any of the passwords? hmmm.. seemd fishy to me.. start a nursing agency \| background check

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chastity OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: July 2002 Location: Arizona near the Grand Canyon Posts: 2,108 Reputation: 613 Power: 147	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password there is some information regarding this problem already posted on here some where if you do some searching. Wish I had thought of that idea of testing it before putting back the coin battery on the on eI was trying to fix oh well too late now

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password It's been researched thoroughly and results posted here (as Chastity said above) by a buddy of mine. The password is programmed into an NVM memory chip on the MB, not CMOS, so powering off does not work. There are crack sites that tell you how to burn the password out of the NVM chip. It requires applying a high voltage pulse to the NVM chip programming voltage pin and is not trivial. The alternative is replacing the surface mount chip which requires skill and preferably special tools. There is no other way. The Dell laptop security is excellent. How did you get 3 laptops with unknown passwords? -Dumpster diving? -Midnight requisition? -Fraudulent Ebay auction? Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

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Shamus MacNoob OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2002 Location: Brossard,Quebec Posts: 4,199 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1481 Power: 182	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Yeah 3 laptops and no passwords ... bet ya he dont come back to offer us some story about why he has them. ASUS PN5-E SLI,Intel E8400,2 x 8800GTX 768mb SLI,ASUS VW266H 26 inch LCD, 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer, Silverstone Strider 850watt PSU.Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

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yodageek09 Jedi Joined: September 2006 Posts: 4 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password i'll give it a $100 bucks.. LOL.. let's see if he'll come back! start a nursing agency \| background check

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Mainframeguy Debiant by way of Ubuntu Joined: August 2002 Location: London, UK Posts: 3,763 Blog Entries: 5 Reputation: 1390 Power: 169	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password we should have a forum section for this and similar posts - so all the dodgery geezers can hang out together.... what to call it though? Den of iniquity? Twilight zone? hosted by Lord

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illmaticone OSNN Junior Addict Joined: January 2006 Posts: 45 Reputation: 0 Power: 77	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password I work for the department of education (ny) these laptops are for instructional use. when we recieved this shipment of laptops usually they are prep'd and set with a cmos password. well they werent this time, and the students had set the password. i dont understand why some people would come at me in such a manner, maybe my low post? and new member? i dunno to bad i forgot my account information from 'xperience' days

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Shamus MacNoob OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2002 Location: Brossard,Quebec Posts: 4,199 Blog Entries: 1 Reputation: 1481 Power: 182	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Thats almost a good story if they are sent to you preped and passworded , I guess somone did not do their job, so send them back to the person that screwed up in the first place. ASUS PN5-E SLI,Intel E8400,2 x 8800GTX 768mb SLI,ASUS VW266H 26 inch LCD, 8 GB Crucial Ballistix Tracer, Silverstone Strider 850watt PSU.Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit.

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LeeJend OSNN Veteran Addict Joined: January 2003 Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 5,261 Reputation: 3386 Power: 199	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password illmaticone - we come at anyone looking for crack information the same way unless we know them. This is an old, legitimate site with strong rules against providing crack information. Considering the circumstances you'll have to put the repair back on the supplier. As I said earlier. Dell's are hardware protected to resist cracking. It can be done but with substantial effort and risk. Basically - burn the password chip clean manuually or replace the chip with a fresh one. Thought for the new millenium: In a world without walls and fences, who needs Windows and Gates? - Open Office - Firefox - Thunderbird - Gimp -Ubuntu - Red Hat -

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illmaticone OSNN Junior Addict Joined: January 2006 Posts: 45 Reputation: 0 Power: 77	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password thank you guys, i was just trying to aviod having to contact the original supplier as that will take time, which is something i dont have looks like i have to wait Thanks again

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labradorg13 OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: October 2006 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Originally Posted by greg3305 Dell makes it annoyingly hard to reset BIOS passwords. Their official FAQ on the matter states that you have to call them and verify ownership, and then they will be able to help you in some way. From what I've found, there's no button or jumper to clear the CMOS, but you can always try removing all power sources (AC, battery) from the laptop and then removing the coin cell battery. After a few minutes any residual charge should theoretically drain, resetting the BIOS and removing the password. After a few minutes you can try plugging the laptop in (but don't put the coin cell back in yet) and boot. Once you've verified that the password is indeed gone, power off the laptop, put the coin cell back in, and reassemble the laptop. The Dell 700m service manual is located here if you want to look into this option. It would mean partially disassembling the machines, but I don't know how many other options you have here. http://support.dell.com/support/edoc...N/SM/index.htm thanks for this big idea... i try do this by removing the battery but not the coin cell battery. do i disconnect the coin cell battery connector by doing what you post here?

October 19th, 2006	Top \| #19
daemonbarber OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: October 2006 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password Pulling the coincell battery from a dell laptop will not remove a boot or bios password. As was stated above - that password is stored in NVM (non-volotile memory?) - so when the machine boots up again you'll get config errors (So BIOS was cleared) but you will still be prompted for a password. I know this because I have the same problem with a clients Inspiron 2200 and I've already tried pulling the coin-cell battery. She received it when a tenent of hers declared bancruptcy and was locked out of his office. Apparently he told her to keep the laptop since he owed her a good deal (or so I was told). Only solution for removing a lost password on an Inspiron laptop is to contact dell, do a transfer of ownership, pay them $50 for an out of warranty tech support call and they'll give you the master password for that laptop. If you come up with anything else - I'd love to hear it.

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danielb OSNN One Post Wonder Joined: October 2006 Posts: 1 Reputation: 0 Power: 0	Re: Dell Inspiron 700m bios password I would sure like to know who you talked to at Dell, as I spent 1.5 hrs on the Indian Help Line and was told at every turn that I would have to replace my motherboard..... this with proof of purchase... and the Admin password was already set when I purchased it from their Refurb site