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Posted by drdan (203.135.30.226) on September 12, 2002 at 21:35:18:
hi ,
I salvaged a "Dell Latitude CPi A-Series" laptop Pentium II computer, without CD and floppy drive. When i first turned it on a dialog box apperaed asking for password. I thought i can disable this by removing and inserting back the Bios chip if i can find it in somewhere. There were two memeory modules of 64 mb each and along with that there was a small brown chip which says "
AM29F04DB
- 120JL V
0013MVNL
© 1993 AMD ."
Thinking it was a BIOS, i removed it and insert it back on.
Now when i turn the laptop on, the screen remains blank and dead. The standby
LED indicator turns on for some seconds and then afterwards it also gets off.
Now I know that it is a 512 kb flash memory made by AMD company to protect the PC. It is now keeping the laptop in Standby mode.
DO I need to reprogramme it , if yes ; how ?
OR I need to replace it ????
If anyone of you who can help me in this matter ,
PLEASE REPLY ME.
Following is what printed on the back of laptop ;
DELL
Model NO: PPL
Input : 20V---3.5V
Personal Computer
Latitude CPi A-Series
IC Class: B ICES - 3
Ref number 99050
for home or Office use
EMF
Made in Ireland
Dell LBL P/N : 8374T
Sincerely
drdan