Re: Dell 5285 2-in-1 with LA-D89 mb. TPM issues

yeah.. I don't solder or program. I'll see if I can source someone local.

appreciate it..


Cheers
-SA

Howdy all!
I've got a Dell "surface" 5285 with an LA-D89 "Pebble Beach" motherboard. It was offloaded to my wife a few years ago by her company, which she's since been laid off from. I'm trying to rebuild it but there is an admin PW on the bios, and I've found that TPM 2.0 is built in. I've taken it apart and scoured the internet looking for a way around the TPM, or to ID the chip to remove it.

I've gotten nowhere, and not fast. :-(

Looking for help as I'm close to pitching it, unless a new SSD would let me load Ubuntu or Windows.....

Re: Beginner's guidelines

so, I should NOT inject 110v directly to the board.. copy that. :-P

Re: New Members - please post your introductions here

Sup Ya'll. I'm a regular old IT guy who moved to management and still thinks he can do motherboard service.

Currently, I'm trying to get schematics on an old Dell 5285 2-in-1 with an LA-D89 board. It was given to us by my wife's old company a few years ago. I pulled it out this week to do a wipe and reinstall and there's a BIOS admin PW. Turns out it has a Dell TPM chip and they forgot to give us the admin PW. Now we're SOL and I'm trying to locate and remove the TPM chip.. Total PITA. Thing is going in the trash...