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Re: Overriding Dell BIOS Password



 On Wed, 2007-11-07 at 22:20 -0400, Samuel Baldwin wrote: 
> Howdy, 
> 
> So my friend has been running into problems with a semi-old dell machine 
> and a BIOS password that has been long forgotten (inherited machine). Calling 
> Dell tech support didn't help (they couldn't prove that they didn't 
> steal it, so they 
> wont help them.. another plight in and of itself). 
> 
> So, short of getting a new motherboard, what can one do to override 
> this nonsense? 


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