BIOS password does NOT protect the system!

Ok, I had a VERY unusual problem today. I set the BIOS password on a
Dell Optiplex desktop and rebooted to make sure that it worked. I
entered a few bogus password tries, got to my 3rd attempt, it said
that the password was incorrect, but upon pressing another key, it
allowed me to bypass the password anyways and the system continued to
boot up to Windows!

I've never seen anything like this before, a password that is so
easily cracked as this one was. I entered jibberish each time I tried
and it allowed me to get past the password and boot up!

Has anyone out there seen this issue before with a Dell Optiplex or
any other system?

Perplexed,

Jeff
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