Dell E5520 BIOS password removal

Discussion in 'BIOS Mods' started by timwj, May 12, 2017.

  1. timwj

    timwj MDL Novice

    May 12, 2017
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    My apologies if this is already known, but I have successfully removed the BIOS administrator password by shorting pins 2 & 4 (Serial Data Out and Gnd) of the Macronix MX25L1606E flash chip. I'd be interested to know if there is an easier way, :) but that worked for me. To get access to it you have to strip down the entire laptop.

    Cheers

    Tim
     
  2. LatinMcG

    LatinMcG Bios Borker

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    cool to know.. didn't know that worked on this one too
     
  3. sebus

    sebus MDL Guru

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    On locked Latitude 3570 even Dell could not generate master password, they in the end replaced motherboard!