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Answer» Dell OptiPlex computer running Win 2k Crashed hard, rebooted and know wants Bios password don't know password was just entering past it. Help can I just wipe everything and start over?A BIOS password will not just show up without being entered... Tell us the rest of the story.I don't know I try ed reloading the operating system before no luck know it wont let me in at all. can I wipe the hard drive and start over?Dell OptiPlexes running Win2K are often found in offices, schools, etc. I know them well. Quote from: Wikipedia Dell, Inc. targets its OptiPlex line of desktop computers for sale into the corporate, government and education markets. They are nice little quiet portable (!) machines. If a BIOS password is set and required to start, that is because the owner made it that way. A "hard crash" cannot cause this. A used one from a reputable (!) ex-corporate supplier will not have one set and activated. Having said that, Dell does not make a secret of how to remove a OptiPlex BIOS password, I am surprised to note. if you don't know the bios password just remove the battery of the mother-Bord for 5 minutes then put it .no password i think will appear ....Quote from: kareem eltanahy on January 03, 2010, 05:29:54 AM if you don't know the bios password just remove the battery of the mother-Bord for 5 minutes then put it .no password i think will appear .... I don't think so. why it will WORK the battery hold the memory of computer (clock,date,windows password,bios setup,bios password) things like that by removing the the battery all this info will be goneQuote from: Salmon Trout on January 03, 2010, 05:35:31 AM I don't think so. No point in bios password if battery removal sufficient to remove. Optiplex bios password reset instructions not a secret anyway. i had some problem with this stuff before that what i have done and it worked lose the silly bananas This Computer was originally owned by my wife x company. When they upgraded they SOLD the old ones cheep so we got it for a spare . So if i remove the battery the Bios is volital and will be lost. Is there a reset or dip SWITCH?Quote from: Matt on January 03, 2010, 06:44:02 PM This Computer was originally owned by my wife x company. When they upgraded they sold the old ones cheep so we got it for a spare . So if i remove the battery the Bios is volital and will be lost. Is there a reset or dip switch? If you type "remove Dell Optiplex BIOS password" into Google, one of the first results takes you to the Dell website where you can read: Quote Dell Optiplex BIOS Password Recovery The BIOS password may be cleared from a Dell Optiplex by removing the password jumper (PSWD) from the motherboard. The location of the password jumper on a Dell Optiplex motherboard can be found by reviewing the Optiplex User Guides. For most Dell Optiplex desktops, the steps to reset a BIOS password and clear all CMOS settings are: * Locate the 3-pin CMOS password reset jumper on the system board. * Remove the jumper plug from pins 1 and 2. * Place the jumper plug on pins 2 and 3 and wait approximately 5 seconds. * Replace the jumper plug on pins 1 and 2. You have not said which Optiplex model you have, but a link on that page will take you to a LIST of models with a link to each guide.

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Dell OptiPlex computer running Win 2k Crashed hard, rebooted and know wants Bios password don't know password was just entering past it. Help can I just wipe everything and start over?A BIOS password will not just show up without being entered...
Tell us the rest of the story.I don't know I try ed reloading the operating system before no luck know it wont let me in at all. can I wipe the hard drive and start over?Dell OptiPlexes running Win2K are often found in offices, schools, etc. I know them well.

Quote from: Wikipedia

Dell, Inc. targets its OptiPlex line of desktop computers for sale into the corporate, government and education markets.

They are nice little quiet portable (!) machines. If a BIOS password is set and required to start, that is because the owner made it that way. A "hard crash" cannot cause this. A used one from a reputable (!) ex-corporate supplier will not have one set and activated.

Having said that, Dell does not make a secret of how to remove a OptiPlex BIOS password, I am surprised to note.

if you don't know the bios password just remove the battery of the mother-Bord for 5 minutes then put it .no password i think will appear ....Quote from: kareem eltanahy on January 03, 2010, 05:29:54 AM

if you don't know the bios password just remove the battery of the mother-Bord for 5 minutes then put it .no password i think will appear ....

I don't think so.
why it will WORK the battery hold the memory of computer (clock,date,windows password,bios setup,bios password) things like that by removing the the battery all this info will be goneQuote from: Salmon Trout on January 03, 2010, 05:35:31 AM

I don't think so.

No point in bios password if battery removal sufficient to remove.

Optiplex bios password reset instructions not a secret anyway.

i had some problem with this stuff before that what i have done and it worked
lose the silly bananas

This Computer was originally owned by my wife x company. When they upgraded they SOLD the old ones cheep so we got it for a spare . So if i remove the battery the Bios is volital and will be lost. Is there a reset or dip SWITCH?Quote from: Matt on January 03, 2010, 06:44:02 PM

This Computer was originally owned by my wife x company. When they upgraded they sold the old ones cheep so we got it for a spare . So if i remove the battery the Bios is volital and will be lost. Is there a reset or dip switch?

If you type "remove Dell Optiplex BIOS password" into Google, one of the first results takes you to the Dell website where you can read:

Quote

Dell Optiplex BIOS Password Recovery

The BIOS password may be cleared from a Dell Optiplex by removing the password jumper (PSWD) from the motherboard.

The location of the password jumper on a Dell Optiplex motherboard can be found by reviewing the Optiplex User Guides.

For most Dell Optiplex desktops, the steps to reset a BIOS password and clear all CMOS settings are:

* Locate the 3-pin CMOS password reset jumper on the system board.
* Remove the jumper plug from pins 1 and 2.
* Place the jumper plug on pins 2 and 3 and wait approximately 5 seconds.
* Replace the jumper plug on pins 1 and 2.

You have not said which Optiplex model you have, but a link on that page will take you to a LIST of models with a link to each guide.

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