Clearing Forgotten Passwords; Prerequisites; Procedure - Dell Inspiron 20 3000 Service Manual

Clearing Forgotten Passwords

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety
information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in
working inside your
the instructions in
practices, see the Regulatory Compliance home page at
regulatory_compliance.

Prerequisites

1 Remove the stand.
2 Follow the procedure from step 1 to step 2 in
3 Remove the back
4 Remove the system-board

Procedure

1 Locate the password reset jumper (PSWD) on the system board.
NOTE: For more information on the location of CMOS and password
reset jumper, see
2 Remove the jumper plug from the default jumper-pins and connect it to the
password jumper-pins.
3 Wait for 5 seconds and then replace the jumper plug in its original location.
1 jumper plug
3 password jumper-pins
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