I bought a used server, still under Dell Warranty, on Ebay last week only to find that it was completely locked from a BIOS standpoint. I purchased it to be my home Pfsense firewall, for which I believe it is ideally suited. Now, I can get creative with the HDD power so that I can force this thing to boot from CD, but I'd rather do it without getting too risky w/the hardware.
What is the proper procedure to completely wipe the BIOS, to include any passwords? Is there such a mechanism, either in chassis or keystrokes?
Any help would be appreciated. Oh, and I already tried the 3-light CTRL-E, F, B trick with no luck.
Regards,
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