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I downloaded the asset.com program from Dell's FTP site and was able to remove those characters.<br />
I noticed those characters were the same ones shown for the &quot;Owners Tag&quot; within BIO, figured the previous user tried to so something cleaver with the OwnerTag field. <br />
Everything is good now.<br />
I appreciate everyone's insight.
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I downloaded the asset.com program from Dell's FTP site and was able to remove those characters.
I noticed those characters were the same ones shown for the "Owners Tag" within BIO, figured the previous user tried to so something cleaver with the OwnerTag field.
Everything is good now.
I appreciate everyone's insight.

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Hi,<br />
&nbsp;Wondering if anyone has any idea why this one D430 displays these weird characters in the top left, during the post. &nbsp;The characters disappears after the Dell logo displays and the machine runs just fine, just can't get rid of the characters.<br />
I've upgraded the BIOs to the latest and the greatest, but the characters remains.<br />
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Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
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Hi,
 Wondering if anyone has any idea why this one D430 displays these weird characters in the top left, during the post.  The characters disappears after the Dell logo displays and the machine runs just fine, just can't get rid of the characters.
I've upgraded the BIOs to the latest and the greatest, but the characters remains.

Any suggestions is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Dell D430 with weird characters during post

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