Yes - I hate waiting though unless it is one of those machines you have to take apart to get to the ram (compact) :)
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 17:44, Eric Cope <eric.c...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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: > > > 1. Power it off > 2. unplug it > 3. Open the case > 4. Remove the CMOS battery (be careful) > 5. Remove the Ram > 6. Reinstall the Ram > 7. Reinstall the CMOS battery > 8. 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 > > > --------------------------------------------------- > 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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