Guest David D Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 I found a dell Opitex GX100 computer. It seems to work, but it has a password for the bios...I am trying to format the harddrive as well to put XP on it, but I would like to change the boot sequence. Should I try and flash the bios to erase the password? Also, I am not sure of how much RAM is installed because it is a DELL and it doesn't tell me at start up. I am hoping that getting into the bios will help me with that. Lastly, is there a good FORMAT software for the floppy drive so I can format and then run XP from the CD rom drive to install?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Found an old computer Dell Optiplex GX100 - has a password for bios? "David D" <netrate@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:28f165ee-8470-4fcf-865c-5cac488fb9fb@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com... >I found a dell Opitex GX100 computer. It seems to work, but it has a > password for the bios...I am trying to format the harddrive as well to > put XP on it, but I would like to change the boot sequence. Should I > try and flash the bios to erase the password? > Also, I am not sure of how much RAM is installed because it is a DELL > and it doesn't tell me at start up. I am hoping that getting into the > bios will help me with that. > > Lastly, is there a good FORMAT software for the floppy drive so I can > format and then run XP from the CD rom drive to install? Remove the motherboard battery for at least ten minutes. If this does not solve the problem, repost in a hardware group because that's where you will find most of the hardware experts. This group deals mostly with Windows issues.
Guest John John (MVP) Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Found an old computer Dell Optiplex GX100 - has a password forbios? Re: Found an old computer Dell Optiplex GX100 - has a password forbios? http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx100/en/ug/setup.htm#disabling_a_forgotten_password http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/opgx100/en/index.htm John David D wrote: > I found a dell Opitex GX100 computer. It seems to work, but it has a > password for the bios...I am trying to format the harddrive as well to > put XP on it, but I would like to change the boot sequence. Should I > try and flash the bios to erase the password? > Also, I am not sure of how much RAM is installed because it is a DELL > and it doesn't tell me at start up. I am hoping that getting into the > bios will help me with that. > > Lastly, is there a good FORMAT software for the floppy drive so I can > format and then run XP from the CD rom drive to install?
Guest David D Posted June 26, 2008 Posted June 26, 2008 Re: Found an old computer Dell Optiplex GX100 - has a password forbios? Re: Found an old computer Dell Optiplex GX100 - has a password forbios? Thanks, I tried the battery and it didn't seem to work. I will post in hardware. > > Remove the motherboard battery for at least ten minutes. If this > does not solve the problem, repost in a hardware group because > that's where you will find most of the hardware experts. This group > deals mostly with Windows issues.
Guest HeyBub Posted June 27, 2008 Posted June 27, 2008 Re: Found an old computer Dell Optiplex GX100 - has a password for bios? David D wrote: > I found a dell Opitex GX100 computer. It seems to work, but it has a > password for the bios...I am trying to format the harddrive as well to > put XP on it, but I would like to change the boot sequence. Should I > try and flash the bios to erase the password? > Also, I am not sure of how much RAM is installed because it is a DELL > and it doesn't tell me at start up. I am hoping that getting into the > bios will help me with that. > > Lastly, is there a good FORMAT software for the floppy drive so I can > format and then run XP from the CD rom drive to install? Next to the battery should be two or three pins. If three, they may or may not have a shorting block installed. The usual process is to short two of the pins together, thereby returning the BIOS chip to its original state. So, you either short the two pins or move the shorting block (temporarily) to the other set of the three.
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