Comments on: Clearing the BIOS password on a Dell D610

By: mundodelpc

mundodelpc — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 14:46:46 +0000

GREEAAAT!! Thank you very much for your post. This is my advise:
Instead of cutting off the piece of metal;using a paperclip using one hand touch one pin and hold in place. remember your computer is upside down. so remember to install the battery first,connect the lcd and the keyboard you will use it to confirm some commands. then make sure you know where the power button is because you won’t be able to se it. Once you press the power button you will have 2 or 3 secons to use the other and and tap,ta,tap the other pin,while your computer is trying to boot I did successfull remove my password.

The second pins from the inside out from the picture
this chip second pins from left. he means starting this side.
Thank you.

By: Old Computer Guy

Old Computer Guy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:21:54 +0000

It Works with Bill’s comment. No need to cut away frame.

By: Usman

Usman — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:25:47 +0000

I just contacted a friend and he explained the meaning of SHORTING THE PINS,

that means connecting the two pins through some metal conductor that can be a paper pin or some electric wire

hope it helps, i am still to try

By: usman

usman — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:12:08 +0000

Anyone! Please explain the meaning of Shorting the Pins, I cannot understand what is meant by this

By: KIC

KIC — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:44:19 +0000

Gracias,funcciona

By: ces

ces — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 04:14:14 +0000

I know this is off topic but my boot problems have become worse. I installed ubuntu on part of the drive (different volume) then proceeded to format the volume where my xp OS was on….restart and it doesn’t boot. I have tried everything including XP boot diskettes and I get an error at the end saying inaccessible_boot_device. I’m fearing that I really screwed up this machine. I can access the bios but there’s nothing i see that can help me.

Any ideas on how i go about fixing?

By: Ces

Ces — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 19:52:43 +0000

I even have the XP install disk and it spins a few times then continues to the next boot priority. Also, tried the boot menu and same result. The bottom line is that I want a clean install of XP without all the restriction of the current version since it was a work lappy. I also tried loading BartPE from disk with no luck. I’m going to build a BartPE/USB loader and see if I can reformat and load a fresh copy of xp.

Thanks for your help.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:36:33 +0000

Does it attempt to boot from the CD then move on to the next priority?
What about using the boot menu? It should prompt for an F key, when POST has completed, to take you to the boot menu.

By: Ces

Ces — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 12:31:27 +0000

Great post very informative…I have an old work D610 which was surplus and I have access to the BIOS but no matter what boot priority I have it won’t start from CD/ROM. Am I missing something?

By: belta

belta — Sun, 23 May 2010 18:47:20 +0000

very easy the most difficulty was to know where is the cmos

it’s ok vry good work

thanks