password for bios

Sorry to say but if you don't get the info from the person you bought it from you have a door stop. I would send it back to that person and demand my money back.

Good luck.

Yoooooooooooooooooooou have got to be kidding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

if it were a desktop you could reset the password using the jumper on the mobo. But alas, there is no way around this for a notebook (unless you know what you are doing). Im a certified dell tech and the only way to get help is by having the original info on the system (there are passwords which can override the password, but the only way to obtain them is if you can prove that you are the original owner). So without that information you will not be able to do this. You would have to completely strip the notebook but without technical knowledge of the notebook i wouldnt recommend trying this yourself. Hunt down the person who sold the notebook, tie him to a chair and torture him until he gives you the password. But in many cases, these type of sales are stolen systems to begin with. Good luck!

I should also like to point out this link which explains what help we can offer you for your password.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=insp_bios&message.id=16628

Contact Dell and ask what is needed for an ownership transfer - what info Dell needs from the previous owner and what info (name/addr, etc) about the new owner that the previous owner needs to give to Dell.

After you get all the instructions, provide this information to the seller and ask that they contact Dell on your behalf and do an ownership transfer.

This costs the seller nothing - this way they don't need to give you the ownership info. If the seller does not want to do this then they may not have been the original owner of the machine.

Once the machine ownership has been transferred to you then Dell will be able to assist you in bypassing/resetting the bios password.

I have a possible solution, but I'm checking with a mod before I post it ...  while I sympathize somewhat, you're not worth getting banned over

If you have this trouble, I would ask Dell to hunt down the owner of the Express Service Code. Make sure the owner listed is the same as the person you bought it from. Contact that person, if possible, and ask if the laptop is theirs. If it is and it was stolen, turn the person you bought it from over to the authorities. They can make him give you your money back.

I don't think Dell will refuse to look it up, especially if you believe it might not have been lawfully obtained.

That's what I don't understand.

I do not have a doorstop!

I am writing to you via the laptop thru a wireless connection. In addition the laptop is networked with my desktop, via this wireless connection.

In other words, this laptop works just fine.

Jerry