the stupid thig won't pop off. I have all the screws outbut where the ps/2 port and monitor ports are it won't let go.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 5:55 PM, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:

Yes - I hate waiting though unless it is one of those machines you have to take apart to get to the ram (compact)  :)

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 17:44, Eric Cope <eric.cope@gmail.com> wrote:

You should be able to leave the ram in, just wait 5min. DRAM will leak it's charge off pretty quickly, so waiting a minute or 5 should be more than enough. 

Eric

On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:37 PM, JD Austin <jd@twingeckos.com> wrote:

1. Power it off
2. unplug it
3. Open the case
4. Remove the CMOS battery (be careful)
5. Remove the Ram
6. Reinstall the Ram
7. Reinstall the CMOS battery
8. try again.

On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 17:31, Michael Havens <bmike1@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?
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