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26-July-03, 02:42 AM
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| Apex Tech God  |  Anyone know anything about Laptops? ok here goes, i have an IBM T20 laptop. it's a PIII 700, 128mb Ram, DVD, 12gb HD and built in NIC. Nice free laptop. but here is the catch....it has a power on password. but ti is because the BIOS Battery went bad, i replaced the battey and because of a security feature, it has a password that no one knows, no even IBM Techs....so i come before all mighty ones in search of an answer......is there anyhing i could do to make it work? if not does anyone want to buy it for a couple bucks?? let me know  | |
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26-July-03, 11:11 AM
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| Apex Advanced Techie | How much is a few bucks to ya? Anyway... ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pccbbs...df/62p9631.pdf (about 3megs) Hardware Maintenance Manual for Thinkpad T20 look at pages 32 & 33 Hopefully that helps... | |
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26-July-03, 11:48 AM
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| Banned  | Chrome, as many as three passwords can be in place on your laptop. There is power-on, hard-disk, and supervisor password. Which is it or what part of boot-up does the password prompt appear? Nice find demonstalker, after looking through the PDF I found this  ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Passwords As many as three passwords may be needed for any ThinkPad computer: the power-on password (POP), the hard-disk password (HDP), and the supervisor password (SVP). If any of these passwords has been set, a prompt for it appears on the screen whenever the computer is turned on. The computer does not start until the password is entered. Exception: If only an SVP is installed, the password prompt does not appear when the operating system is booted. Power-on password: A power-on password (POP) protects the system from being powered on by an unauthorized person. The password must be entered before an operating system can be booted. Hard-disk password: There are two hard-disk passwords (HDPs): v User HDP—for the user v Master HDP—for the system administrator, who can use it to get access to the hard disk even if the user has changed the user HDP Note: There are two modes for the HDP: User only and Master + User. The Master + User mode requires two HDPs; the system administrator enters both in the same operation. The system administrator then provides the user HDP to the system user. Related service information 26 ThinkPad T20, T21, T22, T23 (MT 2647/2648) Attention: If the user HDP has been forgotten, check whether a master HDP has been set. If it has, it can be used for access to the hard-disk drive. If no master HDP is available, IBM does not provide any services to reset either the user or the master HDP, or to recover data from the hard-disk drive. The hard-disk drive can be replaced for a scheduled fee. Supervisor password: A supervisor password (SVP) protects the system information stored in the IBM BIOS Setup Utility. The SVP must be entered in order to get access to the IBM BIOS Setup Utility and make changes to system configuration settings. Attention: If the SVP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to the servicer, there is no service procedure to reset the password. The system board must be replaced for a scheduled fee. How to remove the power-on password: To remove a POP that you have forgotten, do the following: (A) If no SVP has been set: 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Remove the battery pack. For how to remove the battery pack, see “1010 Battery pack†on page 60. 3. Remove the backup battery. For how to remove the backup battery, see “1020 Backup battery†on page 61. 4. Turn on the computer and wait until the POST ends. After the POST ends, the password prompt does not appear. The POP has been removed. 5. Reinstall the backup battery and the battery pack. (B) If an SVP has been set and is known by the servicer: 1. Turn on the computer by pressing and holding F1. 2. Enter the SVP. The IBM BIOS Setup Utility menu appears. 3. Select Password, using the cursor keys to move down the menu. 4. Select Power-On Password. 5. At the Enter Current Password field, enter the SVP. 6. When the Enter New Password field opens, leave it blank and press Enter twice. 7. In the Changes have been saved window, press Enter. Related service information General descriptions 27 8. Press F10; then, in the Setup confirmation window, select Yes . How to remove the hard-disk password Attention: If User only mode is selected and the user HDP has been forgotten and cannot be made available to the servicer, IBM does not provide any services to reset the user HDPs or to recover data from the hard-disk drive. The hard-disk drive can be replaced for a scheduled fee. To remove a user HDP that has been forgotten, when the SVP and the master HDP are known, do the following: 1. Power on the computer by pressing and holding F1. 2. Enter the SVP. The IBM BIOS Setup Utility menu appears. 3. Select Password, using the cursor keys to move down the menu. 4. Select Hard-disk x password, where x is the letter of the hard-disk drive. A pop-up window opens. 5. Select Master HDP. 6. Enter the master HDP; then leave the New Password field blank and press Enter twice. 7. Press F10. 8. Select Yes in the Setup Configuration window. Both user HDP and master HDP will have been removed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | |
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26-July-03, 01:59 PM
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| Banned | Well slider I guess this is for you now that you own it.  How to remove the power-on password: To remove a POP that you have forgotten, do the following: (A) If no SVP has been set: 1. Turn off the computer. 2. Remove the battery pack. For how to remove the battery pack, see “1010 Battery pack†on page 60. 3. Remove the backup battery. For how to remove the backup battery, see “1020 Backup battery†on page 61. 4. Turn on the computer and wait until the POST ends. After the POST ends, the password prompt does not appear. The POP has been removed. 5. Reinstall the backup battery and the battery pack. (B) If an SVP has been set and is known by the servicer: 1. Turn on the computer by pressing and holding F1. 2. Enter the SVP. The IBM BIOS Setup Utility menu appears. 3. Select Password, using the cursor keys to move down the menu. 4. Select Power-On Password. 5. At the Enter Current Password field, enter the SVP. 6. When the Enter New Password field opens, leave it blank and press Enter twice. 7. In the Changes have been saved window, press Enter. Related service information General descriptions 27 8. Press F10; then, in the Setup confirmation window, select Yes. More information HERE  | |
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