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Posted by JMK on April 22, 2005, 9:45 am
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> Unicornsong wrote:
> > Hi all
> >
> > I have an IBM Thinkpad R40 which my cousine bought 2nd hand, which had
> > multiple viruses and a POP password set, which we knew.
> >
> > I re-loaded windows for my cousine, and at her request removed the POP
> > password. As anyone who will answer this thread will know, this
> > leaves the time/date unset, and will send you into the BIOS on start
> > up. My problem is this:
> >
> > I was greeted (after removing POP) with a supervisor password prompt.
> > <enter> did not work and no-one knew the password.
> >
> > So, after pulling my hair out for hours and hours i eventually found a
> > guy here in NZ with an EEPROM reader for this thinkpad.. so i sent it
> > up to him.
> >
> > He read the EEPROM, and apparently THERE IS NO SUPERVISOR PASSWORD
> > SET!!
> >
> > So why cant we get into BIOS? dont know... anyone out here heard of a
> > bios bug or something that could cause this? and how do i update the
> > BIOS if I cant even post? arrggghhhhh
>
> there is a guy "Joe in Australia" who deals with these on a daily basis.
> i suggest you leave him a message.
> http://www.ja.axxs.net/unlock/contacting_joe.htm
> i think he charges us76.00 to recover crc error. That should take care
> of whatever password that may or may not be there. you will have to rig
> up a keymaker yourself. "instructions are on his site".
>
Yes, I can recommend him too. He helped me with similar probs on a T21.
JMK
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