From: Bill Morrow (penzance_at_gate.net)
Date: Tue May 01 2001 - 01:54:00 EDT
Henry..
that is the 486/75 machine..
there is a small door near the corner..
open that one..
there should be two pads that need to be shorted while powering the machine
ON to remove the power on password..
it will take five monkeys to hold the machine, hold the shorting "tool"
across the pads, actuate the power switch, watch the display to see if it
worked and the last monkey to cheer when and IF it actually all comes
together and works.. :-)
Cordially, :-)
Bill Morrow
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Henry Watterson" <henrywatterson_at_mac.com>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 10:07 PM
Subject: Pesky ThinkPad 701 Power-On Password
> Hello...
>
> I recently got a ThinkPad 701 for an amazing price at a local rummage
> sale. Unfortunately, upon bringing it home, I realized I had just spent 15
> bucks on a machine that could do little else but ask me for a password.
I'm
> sure it can be disabled - it appears right after the POST memory test, it
> must be a power-on password (it appears even if I take the hard disk out -
> can't be an HD password). All of the other cases of this problem on this
> mailing list have yielded little detailed information - I suppose I could
> remove the CMOS battery if I open it up, but I don't want to do that if I
> don't have to. I've looked in the memory compartment and I can't see any
> jumpers or contacts to short - this is the newer 701 model, so it has 4
> memory chips instead of two. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> My ThinkPad is in your hands!
>
> Henry
>
>
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