Re: Locked Setup Fails to Unlock with Correct Password - Inspiron 11 3185

I contacted Dell via chat regarding this, and surprisingly, they provided me the password for free even though I was 2 years out of warranty. I noticed the codes Dell provided were alphanumeric while the codes generated by bios-pw.org were numerical only. Though they both were 8 characters long.

I gave them this hash for the Locked Setup: 6901CBFE278B52E0
They gave me two passwords labeled with the same name, which didn't make sense.
The rep wasn't sure, as he said he was just relaying...

I have a Inspiron 11 3185, and in the BIOS setup under Security it shows "Locked Setup", which limits pretty much everything in the BIOS. I'm using bios-pw.org to generate the codes for the hash, but they never work for the Locked Setup password. The codes generated for the System password and the HDD password work fine, but the code for the Locked Setup password always fails. I don't understand, if it works for the first two, why is it not working for the Locked Setup p/w? Since I can't disable it, anytime I reboot, even after a Windows update, I have to go through the hassle of generating...

Re: Philips 42PFL3603D/27, image trouble when first powered on



Ok, thank you. I had no idea you could look them up by chassis type. I will see what I can find. Thanks again!...

Re: Philips 42PFL3603D/27, image trouble when first powered on



TV manufactors seem to only offer owner manuals, which are basically useless for anything beyond general troubleshooting. Where do you find service manuals, do you have to be a certified TV repair person?

Google didn't offer much, but maybe I should search again....

Re: Philips 42PFL3603D/27, image trouble when first powered on



Any suggestions for the best way to remove the tcon from this TV?...

Hello all! It's hard to describe what the TV is doing so I have pictures, and also two video links to YouTube to see it in action.

I've had the TV since 2009 and have hardly used it—maybe 15 hours. I keep it plugged up, which now I wish I hadn't.

Last week I turned it on and noticed the screen was like a solid aqua color, while about an inch of the top was something a little different. If I turn the TV off after a few minutes and back on, it seems to get progressively better, but I have to power cycle it every few minutes to notice any changes it seems. If not,...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hello all! Looking forward to learning a lot here which I have already found the FAQ invaluable.