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July 28th, 2025 10:49
XPS 8940, bios admin password
did not have bios admin password
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did not have bios admin password
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ejn63
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July 28th, 2025 12:09
Call Dell support with verification of ownership of the system.
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July 28th, 2025 15:36
Possible if you pull the coin battery out and let it sit for a few minutes OR drain the battery back up. See https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000124377/how-to-perform-a-bios-or-cmos-reset-and-clear-the-nvram-on-dell-systems for details. Especially #3 in the contents.