Re: [Thinkpad] 770z password problems

From: Mark Alexander Wotton <mwotton_at_cse.unsw.edu.au>
Date: Thu Oct 02 2003 - 22:04:19 EDT

I would, but it was a few months ago - I had to buy a few parts even to
get it to this stage.

Mark

On Thu, 2 Oct 2003, Bruce Markowitz wrote:

> Send it back and dispute the PAYpal or credit card.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Alexander Wotton" <mwotton@cse.unsw.edu.au>
> To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 8:58 PM
> Subject: [Thinkpad] 770z password problems
>
>
> > I'm having a problem with a Thinkpad 770z I bought off ebay. Whenever I
> > turn it on, I get a password prompt. I googled for a way around this (the
> > seller gave me a password, but it didn't seem to work), but all the
> > solutions seem to involve soldering, which intimidates me a little.
> > Have any of you successfully removed a password from a 770z bios?
> > Are heavy-duty soldering skills necessary?
> >
> > Mark
> >
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