Re: dell inspiron e1505

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?
> --
> :-)~MIKE~(-:
>
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