From: Quantrill, Adam (AQuantrill_at_scigen.co.uk)
Date: Fri Oct 12 2001 - 09:20:04 EDT
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It's an interesting point of view, as secondhand prices tumble,
the prescence of an unclearable password becomes a right pain,
economically speaking.
It certainly does not make sense environmentally to scrap or
replace system boards for the wont of a piece of information,
if a computer is still usable.
From a technical point of view, CarMichael, I'd check out each
chip on the system board on the internet, looking for non-vol
devices such as eeproms, SPI eeproms and the like. (From your
post you may have already done this) When you've
identified them, get the data sheet and it would be a matter of
reading off the data probably with a scope or logic analyser at
bootup time. Then you might be able to reconstruct the password.
- Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: CarMichael - [mailto:isp_rep_at_consultant.com]
Sent: Friday, 12 October, 2001 1:59 PM
To: THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu
Subject: ThinkPad 240 Supervisor Password
Ok People,
I'm pissed I've been servicing and buying thinkpads for months now. Every
now and then I get one with the bloody supervisor password set. Does anyone
have instructions on how to crack these passowrds.
I know about the password chip. Anybody have instructions as to what chip
it is. I'm about to bloody start duplication unset chips myself I refuse to
pay $200 buck to reset my damn password on $300 notebooks.
Current problem is a ThinkPad 240 with supervisor chip set. If anyone has
any data that can help me be on my way. I will share any findings with you
and the whole freakin internet on a website I will set up. I'm tired of
this bullshyt IBM is trying to pull. Replace system board, bullshyt. IBM
F**K You!!!
Lets get this shyt rollin!!!
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