From: Shawn Lin (slin01_at_mail.orion.org)
Date: Tue Oct 17 2000 - 16:30:12 EDT
Ray Bay wrote:
>
> It shouldn't work... the password is tied into a capacitor charge that
> should require a parts replacement with someone very specialized in
> soldering iron parts removal. If it is in the hard drive, it cannot be
> fixed at all without spending more than a new drive would cost.
>
> IBM says it won't work. EZServe says it won't work.
I think it is stored in an EEPROM.
A capacitor can easily be discharged by shorting across it, not to
mention a capacitor will discharge by itself over time due to voltage
leakage.
It depends on the password though. The Supervisor password is stored in
EEPROM on the motherboard, a Hard Drive password is stored in EEPROM on
the hard drive itself.
Shawn
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