Re: Dell Latitude 5501 Bios password

Thanks for the feedback @Vesko356 & @hoaca388.

I will order an TL866II programmer, is it necessary to desolder the chip or can i use the clamp adapter & program it "in circuit"?

I prefer to not desolder..

Thank you.

Hello,

I'm new here, I received a Dell 5501 which has a locked bios.
I tried unlocking it trough bios-pw.org, but seems like this doesn't work with the service tag suffix "8FC8".

If i understand correctly this is the procedure?:
1) Open up the laptop, remove battery and locate the BIOS Chip
2) Use a ch341a programmer, and take a backup of the bios.
3) Upload the bios backup here
4) Receive "updated" here on the forum
5) Download the new bios to the chip

Is this correct? Any risks involved...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Hi all! I'm Bart from the Netherlands. I bought a second hand Dell latitude and need to clear the bios password.

Hope i will succeed