You should be able to leave the ram in, just wait 5min. DRAM will leak it's charge off pretty quickly, so waiting a minute or 5 should be more than enough.
Eric On Jan 19, 2012, at 5:37 PM, JD Austin <j...@twingeckos.com> wrote: > Power it off > unplug it > Open the case > Remove the CMOS battery (be careful) > Remove the Ram > Reinstall the Ram > Reinstall the CMOS battery > try again. > > > On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 17:31, Michael Havens <bmi...@gmail.com> wrote: > One of my friends has a dell inspiron e1505 that needs to be fixed. I want to > boot from the cd but it won't. > I turn it on and get the dell screen and it tells me to enter F2 for setup or > F12 for boot options. I want the boot options so I hit F12. Then it says it > is Preparing for one time boot menu. Then I get a screen that says > > This computer system, (serial number), is peotected by a password > authentication system. You cannot > access data on this computer without the correct password. > > Please type in the system or administator password and press <Enter>. > > Then it gives me three attempts at a password and then powers off. And if I > do nothing it powers of after about 30 seconds > > Her password doesn't work. > If I press F2 it says that it is preparing to enter setup and then it does > the same thing as if I hit F12. > If I do nothing it is as if I hit F2 or F12. > Does anyone know of a backdoor into this computer or of a password that will > work? > -- > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
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