Re: [Nolug] resetting bios password on a laptop

From: Bart Pittari <pittari_at_gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 14:34:24 -0500
Message-ID: <76d5bcb00804211234v1b638578s19b8d29ad12e040a@mail.gmail.com>

Found that already - they were trying it as I was typing this message.

Doubtful that they'll be able to contact the original owner.

I did find a Dell BIOS pass killer but (ironically) it's in a password
protected rar file.

On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Mischa D. Krilov <rossum@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 21, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Bart Pittari <pittari@gmail.com> wrote:
> > It is a BIOS password - they disconnected the hard drive and got the
> same
> > thing.
>
> Just checking.
>
> I've since stumbled across this:
>
> http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/CmosPwd
>
> ..which may or may not work for the Dell.
>
> You may be looking at a jumper short, or simply waiting to contact the
> original owner.
>
> Mischa
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