manufacturing mode? no bios loading? help

Question

i just soldered on a bios password chip successfully, but when i now power up the laptop there is about a 20 second (havent counted it) time where nothing happens just the lights turn on. i assume this is where the computer is searching for the bios and then after that the cpu fan starts, the dell bios loading screen comes up with nothing loaded and it quickley switches to manufacturing mode and tells me to get it out of manufacturing mode, press Fn-X when i do this nothing happens. then it goes to the administrative password screen and i just push enter and it works i guess that is what the chip was supposed to do? after this it switches back to manufacturing mode and then goes to windows. windows runs fine except the mobo speaker makes noise whenever i push a key.

please help, thanks a lot

leduke30 · Answer

You likely have no Service Tag installed since you changed out the chip where they and any passwords were stored. I am not sure this will work, but there is an undocumented command using the Asset.Com to reset the ServiceTag on a one time basis. Asset.Com is an additional file on the Suspend to Disk software diskette from here. http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/download.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&releaseid=R13052&formatcnt=2&fileid=10073 Use this diskette it makes to boot into DOS and at the A:\ Prompt, type and enter ASSET /s xxxxxxx where the x's represent the Service Tag you are trying to enter. Notice the 2 spaces in the command; it will not work without them. Get the Service Tag right the first time as you will not get a second chance using this method Message Edited by leduke30 on 03-19-2006 08:30 PM

thechainsawman · Answer

ok, i dont need to know the service tag already assigned to the laptop do i? all stickers were removed when it was purchased. thanks a lot

leduke30 · Answer

What model do you have?

thechainsawman · Answer

latitude d600

leduke30 · Answer

Enter 7 random numbers/Upper case letters. The laptop will then be a generic, as Dell will not recognize it as one of theirs, but you are already in that same position with no Service Tag installed. It may however restore normal operation. I would recommend you only set a HDD password-if any-because that way you can always replace it if your password gets misplaced

thechainsawman · Answer

ok so just to doublecheck, i type ASSET-space-/-s-space-seven random numbers and uppercase letters?

thechainsawman · Answer

ERROR: Cannot Change the Asset/Serice Tag. Please ensure the SETUP password is disabled.

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