Replacing bios chip on a Dell 15-5576 gaming laptop

[_Sin_]

Hello all,

Dell 15-5576 AMD gaming laptop

Before I continue to sink a more $ into this laptop I want to know if this will work. I've tried shorting the reset and ground pins, applying a 3v battery to the reset pin etc. The bios chip is a winbond 25q64fwsig 1711 chip. Would just getting a similar chip and flashing it to the latest Dell bios and soldering it to the board bypass this?

[SMDFlea]

Re: Replacing bios chip on a Dell 15-5576 gaming laptop

What are you trying to bypass ?

[_Sin_]

Re: Replacing bios chip on a Dell 15-5576 gaming laptop

The initial bios password. As soon as the machine is turned on it asks for a password. If you enter one in wrong 3 times it shuts off

[mcplslg123]

Re: Replacing bios chip on a Dell 15-5576 gaming laptop

which kbc it uses?? Post your bios dump here also.

[_Sin_]

Re: Replacing bios chip on a Dell 15-5576 gaming laptop

I reached out to Dell support they gave me a master password, but I cant clear the bios password yet. I will try kill cmos and the like to crack that. I have ordered a bios flasher and some spare bios chips I will respond back once they arrive from china