@ismailTPC_Hastanesi , I’ve seen Dell install this flat pins manual bridging before, but they usually do it on laptops. I have an old XPS laptop where you can manually bridge like you’re considering, so we might be right in this case, given the flat pins location.
You really need a schematic for this board, and I found it on a forum. Not sure what you have to do to accumulate needed forum points to actually download it, but it looks promising.
The image below is one shared by Dell itself regarding the PSWD jumper.
If you look closely, it bears a strong resemblance to @Marcus1’s motherboard; however, his motherboard lacks these pins—only the contact points on the circuit board are visible.
Yep. We’re definitely on the same page. I’m 95% sure Dell went cheap by a few cents, and didn’t do their standard elongated pins with a blue jumper, but that those pins are a good bridging focus.
It may cost him a little money to buy points on that forum to download the schematic, but it’s probably worth it in this case (although there are no guarantees). That schematic should answer the question, and then it’s about execution.
I would think that you need some type of adhesive (putty?) to temporarily bridge on reboot, using some type of thin wiring? Just shaking my head at Dell going so cheap on this; they should blue jumper this (and laptops, for that matter!).
@marcus1 , I’d pay the $ to download the schematic. It’s probably worth the peace of mind, and if you can execute it, it will be a better solution that trying to grip that damn 16 pin bios chip. I’ve done it, and it’s not fun.
I feel compelled to write this.
@Marcus1
You posted a message saying:
“Wow, this wasn’t the kind of response I expected on this forum. I came here for help, not to be criticized.”
Then, addressing @MeatWar, you said:
“Perhaps your reading comprehension skills are lacking.”
It is certainly not my place to defend @MeatWar; he is a moderator of this platform.
But your comment was rather condescending and demeaning.
Despite all this, everyone tried their best to help you by sharing the resources they had—even offering practical solutions on how to reset the BIOS password without desoldering the 16-pin chip. You wouldn’t have found such a diverse range of solution-oriented information on any other platform.
So, @Marcus1, where are you now? Why have you disappeared?
I gather that the suggestion @ChrisM and I offered worked out: you reset the BIOS password, the motherboard became usable, and now you’re sitting back, sipping your coffee, and enjoying yourself.
The request you opened on Win-RAID no longer matters to you at all.
You don’t even feel it’s necessary to report the outcome—positive or negative.
Because your problem is solved and you’re happy. You couldn’t care less about the rest.
I wish you had apologized to this platform and @MeatWar, then posted the result here to help others facing similar issues with this motherboard.
I still hope you do.
I’m still here. We’ve been packing for the last few days to move into a new house this weekend. Your suggestion that I’m sipping back enjoy coffee and enjoying myself is wrong. I haven’t had a chance to try anything since my last comment, which, If you’ve ever moved homes you might be able to understand. I’ve read all the messages and tried to click the heart on all of them to let everyone know I had read them.
Regarding my comment to @MeatWar I was only responding in kind, using the same tone and attitude they used with me. To be honest, I hadn’t noticed that @MeatWar is a mod when I replied, if I had I would have responded differently because I know how entitled and miserable mods typically are on any forum after years of handling questions from less experienced people.
Now I’m reminded that, per my question on comment #5 @MeatWar still hasn’t shown where the location of the 16 pin information that I would have found if I’d tried harder or had better skills to do the correct search/research.
Hi Marcus, I think @MeatWar thought you meant that you couldn’t find any CH341A tutorials, which is why he replied, “Try harder.” It’s all good… I knew you were referring to the SOP-16 part, which is why I didn’t recommend any tutorial.
Anyway, once you try the jumper method, just share some feedback for other users. If it doesn’t work, simply solder wires between your programmer and the SOP-16 chip. You were already given the 16-pin-to-8-pin conversion diagram. Then dump the BIOS chip, send us the backup file, and we’ll unlock it for you. Simple as that. Good luck!
Hello all, thank you for your patience. Here is the .cad file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mHKhAt43tGcatdu_Ywo3nh-fqSTELkx2/
I tried bridging those flat pins again with no luck but the SOP-16 clip arrived so I’ll be trying that next.
Sorry @marcus1 , but that’s not the file I was hoping was attached in that forum. You can open it with the Nexus BoardViewer, but it’s not a full developer schematic. The jumper numbering convention is the same that MeatWar found on the other/newer boards. You can keep digging. If those are the right pins, I’d be tempted to consider installing elongated pins for ME disablement, but that would be another chore.
