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How do I reset the 'Your case has been opened' msg

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5to1baby1in5   04-06-2001 at 12:50:23 AM

I have a Dell Precision 220 and get a message warning that the case has been previously opened (BOIS) when I start it up. How do I reset this so I know if the case has been opened again.

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machow   04-06-2001 at 01:13:35 AM
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The way it detects whether the case has been opened is when the circuit has been broken or not. Whenever the case is closed, you will have a complete circuit; when open, you have an open circuit. Whenenver you have your case closed again you would have reset the switch already.

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5to1baby1in5   04-09-2001 at 04:00:32 PM
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The message doesn't say the case 'IS' opened, it says it has been previously opened (the case is already closed again). Anyone else?

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ejsmith2   04-09-2001 at 04:34:31 PM
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Sounds like you need some O-level calibration on that machine. Go hunt down the biggest ball-pin hammer you can find, and start whalloping things until you get some results/satisfaction. Start where you think the sensor is, and move in a spiral pattern.

Works for me, anyway.....

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BGates2B   04-10-2001 at 07:29:57 PM
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Seriously, you have to reset it in the bios. You have to go to the section on monitoring for case being opened and set that to ignore. Reboot once into the OS. Then reboot, going back into the bios, and then resetting it to monitor the case being open again (that is, if you want it to).

Oh, and please don't ask me how to get rid of that applet about not being shut down properly. I had to delete that from the registry to shut that off. The PC came that way.

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5to1baby1in5   04-12-2001 at 11:26:18 PM
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Thank you BG-2B

Damn, the revolution never came.

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Chillychat   05-07-2009 at 03:09:44 AM
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Ladies & Gentlemen

Answering the "your case has been opening" error message, This just happened to me. My resolution was simple: Do a CONTROL, ALT and DELETE and reboot the system, simultaneously pressing the DELETE KEY until you get to the system SETUP MENU. Go to OPTION 7 (LOAD OPTIMIZED DEFAULTS) that's the option number on my system. Press F10 (SAVE SETTINGS) or if the system asks if you want to save the settings reply with Y or YES. The system will reboot normally. You should not receive the error message "your case has been opening".

Note: I used this resolution option not only for the error message above but I also had an unusual light "beeping" sound at the same time when I initially powered on my system. Again the resolution option above worked successfully.

Hope this helps!!!

Thanks

Festus

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