Re: Passwords.

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From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_icanect.net)
Date: Wed Oct 07 1998 - 12:00:56 EDT

The bios password should be able to be removed by shorting the appropriate point
and powering on the machine..
not sure where this point is in a 38x machine..
any other password beyond that is supposed to be unbreakable, BUT there was a
fellow who claims to have done it by making a copy of the unpassword protected bios
and then applying it over the password protected bios..
he used some utility that copies a bios..

if you ask me to look this up, it'll take a whiel to find his post..

Alban Gerd Kellerbauer wrote:

> Scott,
>
> if only the power-on password is set, IBM will be able to help you after
> verification of the serial number.
>
> If the supervisor password is also set, nobody, not even IBM, will be
> able to remove it. In that case you will have to return the machine to
> where you bought it.
>
> Alban
>
> On Wed, 7 Oct 1998, Scott Kelley wrote:
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I bought a 385XD from a Computer City Closeout sale. Bought it off the
> > display. One problem is that some customer set the BIOS/Power on Password.
> > I can't get it removed. Has anyone had experience with this. I bought
> > the thing thinking IBM or someone could help me but I have had several
> > stores around Atlanta just throw up their hands. Comp-USA is giving it a
> > shot now and I am waiting to hear. Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> >
> > Scott Kelley
> > Scott Kelley Lead Programmer, H2 Technologies
> > scottk_at_avana.net Atlanta, GA
> > Check out my home page : http://www.avana.net/~scottk
> >
> > "No one can make you feel inferior without your consent"
> > - Elanor Roosevelt
> > "Character is doing the right thing, even when no one is looking"
> > - Unknown
> > "Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie!'... until you can find a rock."
> > - Whoever writes funny bumperstickers
> >
>
> A. Kellerbauer
>
> McGill University Nuclear Physics
> Montréal (Québec)
> UIN 8141789 

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