Re: [Thinkpad] 770z password problems

i hope that you did not pay too much for this parts machine
that you seem to own..

nortek in canada can redo the supervisor password and you
should be able to remove the power on password, yourself..

others will sell you a password chip but to change it
requires soldering experience with surface mount
technology..

FWIW, what is the MT and S/N of this 770Z..??
should be something like nnnn-8AU 78-aaaaa where n=numeric
only and a=alphanumeric characters..
can be found in the bios setup (if you can get to it) and a
small label on the bottom of the 770Z..

*******************
Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Alexander Wotton" <mwotton@cse.unsw.edu.au>
To: "Bruce Markowitz" <scosgt@worldnet.att.net>
Cc: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2003 10:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Thinkpad] 770z password problems

>
> 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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