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Un-locking Setup in BIOS
I recently purchased an 'Off Lease' Dell GX 280, and would like to take advantage of some features found in the BIOS. The problem is I have been unable to Un-Lock the Setup; it is password protected.
Is there any way of defeating, or nullifying, the Admin Password. I would like to change the Power Management switch from its present setting of S1 to S3?
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Posted May 1st, 2008 05:00
Thank you Dave5. That un-locked the Setup.290
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Posted August 31st, 2011 04:00
my vostro 3750's bios is locked on :-( How to get an Unlock password? It is my working laptop and i need to change it asap (( Thank you in advance.
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Posted August 31st, 2011 06:00
Laptops must be unlocked by Dell. You will need to call Dell and be the registered with Dell owner. This is done because of the large number of stolen laptops.
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Posted August 31st, 2011 06:00
thanx for quickest answer and help Fireberd. If i can't call Dell Technical Support there is no other way to unlock it? P.S i even have some code below the message to prompt Unlock key..
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Posted August 31st, 2011 07:00
Not that I know of. As I noted, it's done as a security measure because of the large number of laptops that are lost or stolen.
This comes up periodically on the forum and ALL the responses I've seen say you must call Dell.
Something else to consider. On a Dell, if the BIOS is corrupted the ONLY option is to replace the motherboard.
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Posted April 30th, 2008 22:00
Try here.