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How to get into the setup on a Phoenix BIOS?
On 11 Sep, 22:12, Ted Shoemaker wrote:
Hello, Someone gave me an old Dell. When I tried to start it, *the BIOS required a password, which I didn't know. *The usual backdoor passwords didn't get any results, so I removed and replaced the CMOS battery. *That got me past the password, but now the BIOS has forgotten everything else it's supposed to do, also. How do I get into the setup, so as to start using the machine? *It's looking for something particular (details below); what do I tell it? I've pressed Del, F2, Esc, and a lot of other keys, trying to enter the setup. *Nothing happens. Following is the relevant information from the startup screen. = = = = = = PhoenixBIOS 4.0 Release 6.0 4S4EB2X0.10A.0032.P10 Dell Dimension XPS T800r BIOS Version A09 SERIAL PRESENCE DETECT (SPD) device data missing or inconclusive. Press Del to enter SETUP. And pressing Del doesn't work even at this point? If not be aware that memory modules use SPD. Maybe it can't progress to BIOS setup with duff memory. Perhaps you can remove or replace DIMMs to give it some working memory to, er, work with. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_presence_detect James |
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