IBM Thinkpad locked

[protechpc]

I have an IBM Thinkpad that my customer bought at a garage sale (what can i say), but the bios apparently has a password. Of course, the "new" owner does not have a clue. As soon as you boot, a little lock shows up in the left corner. I have tried removing the 2 batteries under the front pad, disconnecting all power etc., to no avail. Any suggestions?

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[cyberhh]

I had the same problem with a 760ed - throw it away. There is no way to remove the password that I could get from anyone. Ingram, IBM and three IBM authorized repair shops (a friend of a friend even worked at one) and all they would do is replace the system board.

[Tech Head]

This should give you most of the answers:
http://www.nortek.on.ca/nortek/hdd_pw.html


Good Luck

Martin



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[protechpc]

Excellent Tech Head. Exactly what I was looking for, and I am sure a benefit to the rest of us out here. Thanks

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[shawnMt]

Tech Head that link kicks a$$!!

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[Rkring1]

Wouldn't KILLCMOS work to remove this password ??? I realise it wouldn't help with the HD password or the supervisor password , but it seems it should work here ?? Anyone tried it ?

[Kenteth420]

Don't you have to boot from a floppy to use kill cmos? How can you do that when machine wont even post because of password? Correct me if I'm wrong.

[shawnMt]

Kenteth is 100% right - esp. when talking about thinkpads, notebooks. If the machine has the lock pw, you dont even get a complete POST. The link Tech Head gave tackles this problem though.

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