dell inspiron e1505

Mon Jan 23 07:31:43 MST 2012

do you need to take the monitor apart too?

On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 7:18 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have pulled one of these apart before, Its not to bad, just an
> amazing number of screws. I found some guidance on the trickier things
> with a little help from a popular search engine. :-)
>
> On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 2:44 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Yeah. I know where the hard drive is. But I accidently disconnected two
> > cables when trying to take it apart to get to the CMOS battery And I
> didn't
> > get the two haves to separate enough to get my fat hands in to get the
> > battery out OR to be able to plug the cables back in.
> >
> > On Sun, Jan 22, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Stephen <cryptworks at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> the hdd is either a side loading sort of deal, or accessible
> >> underneath. so its a panel or some screws to let it slide out. they
> >> are normally marked with a light hdd impression icon.
> >>
> >> On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> > I u didn'y and I to find out that they called dell about the problem
> and
> >> > the techs
> >> > told them it was the hard drive went belly up. ThAT IS an easy fix. At
> >> > least
> >> > it would have been if they gave me that information to start with!
> Well,
> >> > there are two cables that run from the top half to the bottom half and
> >> > as I
> >> > was trying to take it apart I separated the two haves enough  for the
> >> > two
> >> > cables to unplug (oops). I gave up trying to take it apart from fear
> of
> >> > breaking the plastic.
> >> >
> >> > What do I have to do to take it apart? Now I have to do it to
> reconnect
> >> > the
> >> > two cables. I'm pretty sure that one is the keyboard cable  but I
> don't
> >> > know
> >> > what the other is.
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:16 AM, Eric Cope <eric.cope at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> If its in EPROM, the Hair-Brained idea is to drill a small hole in
> the
> >> >> plastic, and expose the EPROM to intense UV light for a long period
> of
> >> >> time. You might get it to erase the contents...
> >> >>
> >> >> I'd personally try Lisa's method first, but for the adventurous...
> >> >>
> >> >> Eric
> >> >>
> >> >> On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 9:03 AM, Lisa Kachold <
> lisakachold at obnosis.com>
> >> >> wrote:
> >> >> > Someone has set a BIOS boot password.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 1) Try the backdoor password Dell
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 2) Don't bother trying to open the case and pop out the little
> >> >> > quarter
> >> >> > sized
> >> >> > bios battery and pop back in, which will reset SOME bios settings.
> >> >> > The
> >> >> > bios
> >> >> > password is stored in EPROM chip on this model. On Inspiron e1505
> you
> >> >> > can't
> >> >> > change the jumpers.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 3) Call Dell
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The official method is to contact Dell Technical Support. Dell
> >> >> > Technical
> >> >> > Support will request the Service Tag and Express Service Code from
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > bottom of the Latitude. If the current user is not the original
> >> >> > Latitude
> >> >> > owner, Dell will transfer the registration from the original owner
> >> >> > with
> >> >> > only
> >> >> > the Service Tag and Express Service Code from the tag on the
> laptop.
> >> >> > Although I have also heard they will not do so unless you have the
> >> >> > original
> >> >> > owners name.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 3.5) use a commercial bios password recovery tool.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > 4.0 ) Use the Hex method:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > : 1 - Create a windows boot system disk
> >> >> > : 2 - Copy "debug" (this is a dos command found in windows\command
> >> >> > directory) onto the system disk you created
> >> >> > : 3 - Boot the machine with this disk
> >> >> > : 4 - At dos prompt type: debug then enter, you will see a blinking
> >> >> > dash
> >> >> > : 5 - type: o 70 2e  then enter, (also seen: o 70 18)
> >> >> > : 6 - type: o 71 ff then enter,
> >> >> > : 7 - type: q then enter,
> >> >> > : 8 - remove the floppy and reboot! Power the system off and on by
> >> >> > unplugging and re-plugging the system into the power outlet
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Good luck!
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Once you get into the BIOs you need to be able to specify BOOT
> order
> >> >> > with CD
> >> >> > first.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > If you press F12, you should get a list of boot evices, without
> >> >> > making
> >> >> > any
> >> >> > changes.  If the CD drive or CD media is schnerbed, it will not be
> >> >> > displayed
> >> >> > as an option.  Try another CD, or verify your media in another
> drive.
> >> >> > Often
> >> >> > CDs that work in one system don't boot in another; be sure you
> burned
> >> >> > it
> >> >> > at
> >> >> > the slowest speed.  Be sure the light comes on at boot; be sure
> that
> >> >> > you
> >> >> > have a CD/DVD drive and/or CD/DVD to match.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Michael Havens <bmike1 at gmail.com>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> One of my friends has a dell inspiron e1505 that needs to be
> fixed.
> >> >> >> I
> >> >> >> want
> >> >> >> to boot from the cd but it won't.
> >> >> >> I turn it on and get the dell screen and it tells me to enter F2
> for
> >> >> >> setup
> >> >> >> or F12 for boot options. I want the boot options so I hit F12.
> Then
> >> >> >> it
> >> >> >> says
> >> >> >> it is Preparing for one time boot menu. Then I get a screen that
> >> >> >> says
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>      This computer system, (serial number), is peotected by a
> >> >> >> password
> >> >> >> authentication system. You cannot
> >> >> >>      access data on this computer without the correct password.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >>      Please type in the system or administator password and press
> >> >> >> <Enter>.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Then it gives me three attempts at a password and then powers off.
> >> >> >> And
> >> >> >> if
> >> >> >> I do nothing it powers of after about 30 seconds
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Her password doesn't work.
> >> >> >> If I press F2 it says that it is preparing to enter setup and then
> >> >> >> it
> >> >> >> does
> >> >> >> the same thing as if I hit F12.
> >> >> >> If I do nothing it is as if I hit F2 or F12.
> >> >> >> Does anyone know of a backdoor into this computer or of a password
> >> >> >> that
> >> >> >> will work?
> >> >> >> --
> >> >> >> :-)~MIKE~(-:
> >> >> >>
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> >>
> >> --
> >> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> >> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
> >>
> >> Stephen
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> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>
> Stephen
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