Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

I must be dense, can not find out how to initiate a post as my first membership duty.

Re: Dell xps 8940 bios master password request / bypass

I think I tried this correctly:
from BIOS page enable caplock, scroll lock and num lock then hit:
alt e, then hit alt f and then alt b ?

When I do that nothing happens, I must be doing it wrong.

Please advise....

Re: Dell xps 8940 bios master password request / bypass

I am the guy with the Dell Computer that has the bios locked with an admin password. The motherboard in this XPS8940 may be a different version, as there is no jumper for PSWD as described. You can see lands on the mother board where there may have been a jumper, but nothing is there, nor is the board labled (PSWD).

I tried taking out the cmos anyway for a couple minutes (power supply unplugged) but bios still is locked up with admin password.

I tried using a bootable USB to try and load BIOS from...

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

JC here from Seattle area. Always liked playing with computers when younger, now they are a tool mainly. Had my first apple back in 1982.