dell d500 latitude

[cindan2]

I would like to figure out how to return one of these to original state.
I removed the 2nd bat and it messed up my time.
Now no boot.

Cheers
Nadnic

[fonger]

here you go:

http://www.ehow.com/how_6134793_restore-d500-pc-factory-settings.html

[cindan2]

Thanks fonger.
That is a great site.
What I wanted to ask was how to re-set the bios to original state (with-out password)
As it is now I cannot change any settings in the bios.
The clock got reset with the bios battery out.

Cheers
Cindan2

[fonger]

not sure of the bios because it's generally on the motherboard... it can only detect stuff like you hard drive, there should be a password section or security section where you can check on/off password for it.
good luck.
:)

[StanW]

Have you tried the backdoor password Dell ?

[cindan2]

Have you tried the backdoor password Dell ?

This the first I have heard of that.
Could you point me to it.

Cheers
Cindan2

[StanW]

Try using Dell

Googling d500 bios password brings back a lot of articles , unfortunately most want your money . Look for methods of shorting out the eprom that contains the password .

[cindan2]

I called dell it was a waste of 1 hour.
No help unless ownership changed.(my cpu)
Prob gonna try the short method.

Cheers
Cindan2

[noone]

Can you prove ownership......meaning something in writing showing that you paid for the unit......( with such info, Dell would sell you a restore disc )

What OS is on the machine? there are plenty of programs that will restore to default passwords for many OS

[cindan2]

Thanks noone but it is the bios I want to reset.

Cheers
Cindan2

[fonger]

ouch, it's a big attempt.. here is for the 600 and they say it's roughtly the same..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JqB4lkVxkA

[fonger]

and i found this too:

http://forum.rfeda.net/thread-156319-1-1.html
i didn't realize how extensive it was that dell would lock up on this stuff.. thanks for the lessons.

[cindan2]

It has been a learning experience. I tried another hd of same make and changed the bios time back to now.
I got it to start up easy. It seems that the original hd is corrupted.
Now I am copying drivers and stuff (from origonal) using umbuto 9 to a thumb drive and then copying to another cpu.

For some reason the hd was reduced to a 15 gig partition and that caused the first problem.

Cheers
Cindan2

[johnwayne_1]

Format original hd and see what you get before throwing it out.

[cindan2]

Format original hd and see what you get before throwing it out.

My bad communication skill..

I copied a lot of the files /Drivers/

The drive has been nuked and is now in format mode mode.

Thanks for your help though.

Cheers
Cindan2