Cant enter dev mode on the Dell latitude 5400 chromebook

System Details

  • Device: [sarien]
  • OS: [ChromeOS]
  • Firmware Type: [Stock]
  • Firmware Version: [ChromeOs Version 145.0.7632.154 (Official Build) (64-bit)]
  • Internal storage type: [eMMC]

Summary of the Issue

[I tried to enter and use the develeper mode on my Dell latitude 5400 chromebook enterprise but it said develeper mode is disabled by system policy I had this laptop from June of 2024 I tried hard to get past it but I cant seem to do it tho I bought this laptop back in France for 300 euro it has great performance. yes and I know I removed the battery like it said on supported devices on mrchromebox website.] I don’t have a photo rn but from the summary u can tell

Steps to Reproduce

1. enter dev mode

2. install windows

3. :frowning:

Expected Behavior

[I should have entered dev mode and installed windows on it since I can flash it only with rw_legacy]

Please Help Me Guys May God bless You!

  1. Windows isn’t supported on this device, as there is no UEFI Full ROM firmware.

  2. Nothing we can do if Developer Mode is disabled due to enterprise/EDU enrollment.

Though if this device was simply formerly enrolled, then a USB recovery followed by logging in as a non-guest user should remove that restriction. But that won’t help you run Windows on the device, as per #1 above.

thanks for the reply all tho i found a video of them sottering the mother board then entering bois on the same model as my Chromebook and installing windows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIVIBkIg8D4 and he used the bois bin as the windows version of my Chromebook. thanks mrchromebox

so what can I do at least to install Linux and what’s the limitation because in ur website it said **Limitation:** Does not support UEFI NVRAM, so boot order and boot entries cannot be saved between boots

that has nothing to do with this project, and not something I’ve done or can recommend. YMMV.

what about that is unclear?

I can seem to enter the dev mode and idk about the Though if this device was simply formerly enrolled like u said