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@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@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@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@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@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@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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