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Rickles

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#310994 5-Dec-2023 14:57
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Colleague recently given an old work laptop, but will not boot unless system password entered.

 

Laptop is about 10 years old and no one at his work remembers anything about it.

 

It is a Dell Latitude E6540, and apparently has a password jumper plug on the motherboard, but I cannot spot it.

 

I tried disconnecting the CMOS battery for a time, but that did not work, so can someone tell mewhere ther PSWD jumper might be located?


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  #3168376 5-Dec-2023 15:04
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If you can't find this PWD jumper using Google then good luck, It might not even exist 




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  #3168377 5-Dec-2023 15:14
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Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself - A. H. Weiler


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  #3168379 5-Dec-2023 15:15
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Password might be documented in an AD profile attribute for the original user who was assigned the device.




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  #3168440 5-Dec-2023 16:05
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As Rob mentioned above, I've had good success with BIOS Master Password Generator for Laptops (bios-pw.org).

 

With the Dells, sometimes you need to hold control and press enter after entering the backdoor password.


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  #3168450 5-Dec-2023 16:26
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Thanks all, the robjg63 suggesting did the trick.


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