dell inspiron e1505

[Michael Havens]

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 at 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 at 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 at 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 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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