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Dell R210 BIOS Locked
I bought a used server, still under Dell Warranty, on Ebay last week only to find that it was completely locked from a BIOS standpoint. I purchased it to be my home Pfsense firewall, for which I believe it is ideally suited. Now, I can get creative with the HDD power so that I can force this thing to boot from CD, but I'd rather do it without getting too risky w/the hardware.
What is the proper procedure to completely wipe the BIOS, to include any passwords? Is there such a mechanism, either in chassis or keystrokes?
Any help would be appreciated. Oh, and I already tried the 3-light CTRL-E, F, B trick with no luck.
Regards,
[bh]
DELL-Geoff P
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August 9th, 2013 07:00
Here is a link to the manual: ftp.dell.com/.../poweredge-r210_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf
Go to Jumpers\Connectors, and use the bios password reset jumper following the process listed.
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theflash1932
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August 9th, 2013 09:00
Page 41 of the manual to clear the NVRAM:
ftp.dell.com/.../poweredge-r210_owner%27s%20manual_en-us.pdf
theflash1932
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August 9th, 2013 09:00
Sorry Geoff ... should have refreshed :)
bhh
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August 9th, 2013 18:00
Thanks all. I figured there was a jumper in chassis. Wanted to know if there was another way since I made the rookie mistake of racking/stacking prior to my bench test. I appreciate the clarification.
Thanks again.