Re: How to disable Computrac in dell e6420.
thanks for bios
thanks for bios
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Re: How to disable Computrac in dell e6420.
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Re: How to disable Computrac in dell e6420.
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Re: How to disable Computrac in dell e6420.
Hi everyone!
I have a Dell E6420 (with nVidia card). The A25 bios update (or the new asset tools) broke it. I have a lot of problem and I can't flash back through normal way.
Anyone know if the bios from @wallace80 works on the E6420 with the nVidia card?
Also, if I flash his bios, can I set myself my own service tag?
What about the LAN MAC Address. It is in the bios. Can I change it back to my original one?
Thanks in advance!Comment
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Re: How to disable Computrac in dell e6420.
What exactly is the problem?
I have the same laptop with an integrated graphics card. Before loading the OS, it displayed the error "ME is in Recovery State".
After I updated ME to one of the old versions - the error disappeared but also the Management Engine disappeared from the device manager. Now, when flashing any version of the BIOS, ME and EC firmware is no longer updated.
Now I'm trying to read my dump (I managed to unsolder the chips without disassembling the laptop) and add a clean ME region to it ...Comment
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Re: How to disable Computrace in dell e6420.
I edited my dump according to this instruction https://winraid.level1techs.com/t/gu...lization/31277, after that the problem with the firmware is gone, ME started working again.
The BIOS update A26 was installed successfully.Comment
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la-65692p bios
thanks in advance.la-6592p rev 2.0Comment
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Re: How to disable Computrace in dell e6420.
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Re: How to disable Computrace in dell e6420.
hi! will this also fix my dell e6420 shutting down every 30 minutes?Comment
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Re: How to disable Computrace in dell e6420.
Sadly, I do not know what chipset you are exactly referring to. If you are referring to whether it's an Intel or Nvidia GPU embedded on it, it only has Intel HD 3000. Looking up the service tag I have doesn't show up Nvidia drivers so I suppose there's no Nvidia gpu in here. I have the 1600 x 900, no touch, 4gb ram, 320gb hdd, i5-2540m
Using this guide. this shows up:
Product SerialNumber Version
0K0DNP /5JKZ5R1/CN129611BC0CF6/ A02
so i hope that helps in identifying the motherboard number.
My service tag is: 5JKZ5R1
The things i tried to do are:
- Flashing various BIOS versions both via MSDOS and on Windows (A05, A08, A15, A24, A25)
- resetting CMOS (which i honestly think is no use since the cmos battery is dead, keeps resetting settings after i shut down the laptop and unplug ac, main battery is also broken too)
- swapping, reseating, trying one stick of ram
Which to no avail, still shuts down every 30 minutesComment
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Re: How to disable Computrac in dell e6420.
hello..do you remember what is the name of this disk or if actually exists ? I had bought several dell e6420 motherboards that are used and they came for first install setup, I mean you can re-write the service tag and some other specific data...and I was wondering if using that disk this is possible...
cheers..Comment
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Hi, I have Dell precision 5540 laptop from old workplace,decommissioned old stock. its a good spec laptop i9-9880H etc, so I decided to keep it and use it for personal purposes.
I was checking bios settings and I found that Absolute (Computrace) is permanently enabled/activated, and field is grayed out, unable to change it to disabled/deactivated state. The laptop status is clean, absolute has no any warnings or messages booting pre-bios pre-OS or post booting, while using laptop, im just not feeling safe having absolute permanently enabled having backdoor on a bios level enabled to my... -
Hello, I have an old Dell G3 3579 (ST: 2WQ7LP2-8FC8) with a newer 8FC8 BIOS password. I have successfully attached to the flash chip (W25Q128JVSQ) on the motherboard with a CH341A programmer and made several modifications using Intel FIT (e.g., allow software SPI write) without bricking. I was also able to boot to a modified GRUB shell where I attempted to edit many BIOS security related options like BIOS Guard/Lock, Flash Signature Override, ME FW Image Re-Flash, etc.
Unfortunately, some of these modifications like to Intel BIOS Guard failed because it is fused into the PCH. Also,... -
Hi, I hope some one has some advice for me. I searched the forums but didn't see anything relevant. I acquired two identical Dell 9010 Mid Tower computers from a business office upgrade (they were going to throw them out). Both of them have the same motherboard (00F82W). One of them works flawlessly. The other one had a corrupted BIOS. I tried flashing numerous main BIOS and EC files from the internet, but none of them worked. I decided to copy the main BIOS and EC from the working 9010 computer and successfully flashed the corrupted BIOS. This got the computer able to boot again and run norm...04-23-2025, 04:30 PM -
Dell latitude 5580, motherboard cdp 80 la-e151p
3 amber 3 white blinks. Dell website sais it's problem "bios recovery" and suggested solution "recovery image not found"
(from here https://www.dell.com/support/manuals...e7a&lang=en-us)
I try plugging charger while pressing ctrl+esc, machine turns on, nothing and after 20 seconds it gives 3 amber 3 white blinks again.
Since ssd is replaced and had clean install windows, i've... -
Hi folks,
I got a Dell Optiplex 7010 micro PC (Exact Model) with 8FC8 BIOS and locked out admin password. I attempted to remove the password by patching the BIOS via info from this thread: https://www.badcaps.net/forum/troubl...ssword-patcher
After flashing the patched the BIOS, the PC is unresponsive with a solid AMBER power LED (not documented in manual anywhere)
Steps I took:- Read BIOS with CH341a, verified hash twice
- Patched
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