From: Mike on
Remove the BIOS jumper or remove the MB battery.

Mike

<ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
news:42d478bd.2632414(a)nntp.charter.net...
> Actually, Pettar Nordahl-Hagen's free password cracker works quite well,
> but
> only on NTFS file systems. It won't do squat for the motherboard
> password. I
> suppose the original poster could always replace the motherboard. What
> good is
> a hard drive without the computer? Well, it has some value, but not
> nearly as
> much as an entire working notebook computer... Ben Myers
>
> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:40:06 GMT, "Dennis" <nobody(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>
>>My guess is, the reason the pawn shop sold you a laptop with the password
>>set is because it was probably stolen. There is a way of removing the
>>password, but no one here is going to tell you how to do that. In the end
>>you may find that not only is the BIOS password set, but also the hard
>>drive's (I set both). I also use locating software should anyone steal my
>>laptop and then try to connect to the Internet. If the hard drive is
>>using
>>NTFS structure and has the password set, you will no choice but to replace
>>it and install a new operating system. Not such a great buy now, is it?
>>
>><nsrascal2(a)ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>news:izDye.57211$Ph4.1671059(a)ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>> Hi,
>>> I just bought a used Dell Latitude D600 and it has a password in Bios
>>> that
>>> will not allow me to change any settings .Can anyone tell me a backdoor
>>> Password that will unlock this feature?
>>> Thank you
>>>
>>
>>
>


From: Tom Scales on
Won't help on a laptop.

"Mike" <question(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:_ZjCe.2444$2h1.628(a)trnddc05...
> Remove the BIOS jumper or remove the MB battery.
>
> Mike
>
> <ben_myers_spam_me_not @ charter.net (Ben Myers)> wrote in message
> news:42d478bd.2632414(a)nntp.charter.net...
>> Actually, Pettar Nordahl-Hagen's free password cracker works quite well,
>> but
>> only on NTFS file systems. It won't do squat for the motherboard
>> password. I
>> suppose the original poster could always replace the motherboard. What
>> good is
>> a hard drive without the computer? Well, it has some value, but not
>> nearly as
>> much as an entire working notebook computer... Ben Myers
>>
>> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 20:40:06 GMT, "Dennis" <nobody(a)verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>>My guess is, the reason the pawn shop sold you a laptop with the password
>>>set is because it was probably stolen. There is a way of removing the
>>>password, but no one here is going to tell you how to do that. In the
>>>end
>>>you may find that not only is the BIOS password set, but also the hard
>>>drive's (I set both). I also use locating software should anyone steal my
>>>laptop and then try to connect to the Internet. If the hard drive is
>>>using
>>>NTFS structure and has the password set, you will no choice but to
>>>replace
>>>it and install a new operating system. Not such a great buy now, is it?
>>>
>>><nsrascal2(a)ns.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>>>news:izDye.57211$Ph4.1671059(a)ursa-nb00s0.nbnet.nb.ca...
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I just bought a used Dell Latitude D600 and it has a password in Bios
>>>> that
>>>> will not allow me to change any settings .Can anyone tell me a backdoor
>>>> Password that will unlock this feature?
>>>> Thank you
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>