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Greetings XXXXXXXXX, there are only two ways to gain access to the BIOS of your Inspiron 7000 if you have forgotten or do not have the password.
The first is to call Dell. You will have to verify all the information that is on record there. If you are not the original owner, I'd suggest attempting to do a change of ownership at suppor.dell.com before calling. This way, if the change goes through, you will be able to verify without a problem. The support tech will then ask for the system ID (this will be a string of characters which will include the service tag and some other info) They will then contact an internal team which will get the (there is only one for each system) master password for your system. Tech support is required by policy to varify all this before they are even allowed to get the password, this isn't being mean, its because of security purposes.
The only other way is to replace the motherboard since the BIOS chip cannot be reset or bypassed. Again, this is an intentional design to be an anti-theft measure and not just meant to be a difficulty for the owner.
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Dan

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Answered:	12/4/2008

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