Dell OptiPlex 3080 8FC8 BIOS password hack

[@renefuller9241]

Ooooorrrr, after you talked to the celestials, stood on your head for 6 minutes and 35 seconds facing towards Mecca, you can get a clean BIOS binary from the Internet and flash it. The only issue with that is that you need to find a reputable site to get the binary from. You have the tools to flash it, so that is not an issue. But your way works too. Since the Dell BIOS is so huge your way might even be better. 😇

[@naotapuro2998]

Hello friend, your video inspired me to try to reprogram the BIOS of my Dell 3080 micro myself. However, in my country there was no soic16 pliers ready, I had to get diagrams on the internet myself and solder the wires to fit the soic8 adapter. I'm sure I did it right. However, I can't get my T48 recorder to recognize the chip, could you tell me which chip option you are using on the recorder? Because although it is soic16, it is on a soic8 adapter, and I saw that it is like that on yours too.

[@davidtebera4488]

I'm at a loss. Where do I get the driver for the 16 pin MX25L25673GMI-08G chip? I am trying this with a CH341a. I am only seeing the 8 pin driver for this chip.

[@mandersbird5683]

So I was searching on the motherboard and found what looks like a key symbol, like a car key for example, I’m wondering if that means to unlock?? It’s right next to what looks like could be a jumper?? I don’t think they would take the jumper off, perhaps they have hidden it and made it look different…just a thought

[@0abu0]

Bios PW was down for a bit near the end of 2023 but it seems its been back up and running for most or all of this year as of July 2024. The repo owner did mention he'd been working on a keygen for some time but he's gone silent and not really given any insight on an ETA... or any major updates at all. I could technically flash a new bios or whatever... but I'm really not too keen on tasking myself with that. I don't like soldering and I'd prefer a software approach. Hopefully some kind soul chooses to give the algo instead of making people pay extortionate amounts (you guys know who I'm talking about lol)

[@lighthawk95]

It's assumed he died in the Ukraine war.

[@fxgamer-11yt]

Soo do you know where I can get a bios mod for a the 6/7th gen dell mobos to get xeon cpus in to them I seen online that you can mod the bio to get the cpu to work in the mobo

[@tiagohenrique6470]

formatando o ssd não resolve ? to com um mini dell 3080 com senha

[@johnnysantos8802]

Boa tarde sim , porém a Bios permanecerá bloqueada

[@KOOS-EDTSOF]

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[@abb8404]

but if this is pass reset only by changing the position jumper, It's like entering through the window, when the door is open

[@lighthawk95]

There is no jumper, the password is stored in NVRAM so battery removal won't work either.

[@abb8404]

@@lighthawk95 thanks, You're right, I didn't know this model was different, regards 👍

[@masterp5902]

Hello does this method work fo all the 8FC8 suffix

[@RobertPendell]

Your computer out of warranty and need to reset the password? Good luck.

[@Subgunman]

Dell wants to contribute to e waste, another company to report and boycott. We need to establish a repository for bios for this series of computer. Maybe before powering it up the first time people need to read the bios before they get locked by Dell. Now I did have a laptop that did not have anything shown on the board however after talking to a tech at an authorized repair center, they showed me the two hidden pads where you short out while powering it up. What’s worse is now Winblows will also lock the bios to their software which is illegal. Those bastards have no right to lock one’s bios to their crap. Now why exactly do we need to stop at 1530 as we fill data with FF? Please explain.

[@fLaMePr0oF]

Ffs just get on with it 😅